Maya
German, noun[ˈmaːja]
Maya is spelled M-A-Y-A (4 letters) and appears 5.1 times per million words in written German, the 12,050th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Maya is a German masculine noun meaning “Maya” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Angehöriger eines indianischen Volkes mit hoch entwickelter Kultur in Mittelamerika”.
What does Maya mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineMaya
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Angehöriger eines indianischen Volkes mit hoch entwickelter Kultur in Mittelamerika
noun: 1. als Illusion angesehene Erscheinungswelt (als verschleierte Schönheit dargestellt)
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Maya
- Mayas genitive
- Maja alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Maya?
- [ˈmaːja]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Maya
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Maya in German?
Maya appears 5.1 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).