Meerschaum
German, noun/ˈmeːɐ̯ˌʃaʊ̯m/
Meerschaum is spelled M-E-E-R-S-C-H-A-U-M (10 letters) and appears about once in every 45 million words in written German, the 401,709th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Meerschaum is a German masculine noun meaning “seafoam (the foam of the churned-up sea)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does Meerschaum mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineseafoam (the foam of the churned-up sea)
- 2
masculinea soft white mineral, meerschaum
- 3
masculineair fern (a hydroid in the genus Sertularia)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of Meerschaum
- Meerschaumes genitive
- Meerschaums genitive
- Meerschäume plural
- Meerschaume dative singular
- Meerschäumen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Meerschaum?
- /ˈmeːɐ̯ˌʃaʊ̯m/
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Meerschaum
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Meerschaum in German?
Meerschaum appears about once in every 45 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).