Meteor
German, noun/meteˈoːɐ̯/
Meteor is spelled M-E-T-E-O-R (6 letters) and appears 1.2 times per million words in written German, the 35,124th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Meteor is a German masculine noun meaning “meteor (streak of light caused by extraterrestrial matter entering the atmosphere)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “sporadische Erscheinung am Himmel, in der Atmosphäre oder an der Erdoberfläche”.
What does Meteor mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineneuterraremeteor (streak of light caused by extraterrestrial matter entering the atmosphere)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. sporadische Erscheinung am Himmel, in der Atmosphäre oder an der Erdoberfläche 2. Leuchterscheinung durch in die Atmosphäre eintretende Partikel
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 Meteor
- Meteors genitive
- Meteore plural
- Meteoren dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Meteor?
- /meteˈoːɐ̯/
- [meteˈoːɐ̯]
- [meteˈʔoːɐ̯]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Meteor
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Meteor in German?
Meteor 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).