Mem
German, noun/meːm/
Mem is spelled M-E-M (3 letters) and appears 1.2 times per million words in written German, the 34,584th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mem is a German neuter noun meaning “meme (in the sense of "unit of [cultural] information"; otherwise Meme)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “kulturelles Element, das sich durch nichtgenetische Mittel vervielfältigt und überträgt, insbesondere durch…”.
What does Mem mean in English?
noun
- 1
neutermeme (in the sense of "unit of [cultural] information"; otherwise Meme)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. kulturelles Element, das sich durch nichtgenetische Mittel vervielfältigt und überträgt, insbesondere durch Imitation; eine Idee, Verhalten oder Stil, der sich von Person zu Person innerhalb einer Kultur ausbreitet
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 Mem
- Mems genitive
- Meme plural
- Memen dative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Mem?
- /meːm/
- [meːm]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Mem
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Mem in German?
Mem appears 1.2 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).