Meridian
German, noun/meʁiˈdi̯aːn/
Meridian is spelled M-E-R-I-D-I-A-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 41,097th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Meridian is a German masculine noun meaning “meridian” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Halbkreis auf der Erdoberfläche, der die beiden Pole verbindet und somit orthogonal zum Äquator verläuft”.
What does Meridian mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinemeridian
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Halbkreis auf der Erdoberfläche, der die beiden Pole verbindet und somit orthogonal zum Äquator verläuft
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 Meridian
- Meridians genitive
- Meridiane plural
- Meridianen dative definite plural
- M. abbreviation
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Meridian?
- /meʁiˈdi̯aːn/
- [meʁiˈdi̯aːn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Meridian
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Meridian in German?
Meridian appears about once in every 1 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).