Methusalem
German, noun/meˈtuːzalɛm/
Methusalem is spelled M-E-T-H-U-S-A-L-E-M (10 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written German, the 107,140th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Methusalem is a German masculine noun meaning “very old man” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “sehr alter Mann; sehr altes Lebewesen, sehr alter Gegenstand”.
What does Methusalem mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinevery old man
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. sehr alter Mann; sehr altes Lebewesen, sehr alter Gegenstand 2. PSR B1620-26 b, der älteste bekannte Exoplanet
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 Methusalem
- Methusalems genitive
- Methusaleme nominative plural
- Methusalemen dative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Methusalem?
- /meˈtuːzalɛm/
- [meˈtuːzalɛm]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Methusalem in German?
Methusalem appears about once in every 5 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).