Mikrobe
German, noun/miˈkʁoːbə/
Mikrobe is spelled M-I-K-R-O-B-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 14 million words in written German, the 205,761st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mikrobe is a German feminine noun meaning “microbe” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “ganz kleines Lebewesen, dass nur unter dem Mikroskop erkannt werden kann”.
What does Mikrobe mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemicrobe
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ganz kleines Lebewesen, dass nur unter dem Mikroskop erkannt werden kann
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 Mikrobe
- Mikroben plural
- Mikrobion variant
- Mikrobie variant archaic
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Mikrobe?
- /miˈkʁoːbə/
- [miˈkʁoːbə]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Mikrobe
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Mikrobe in German?
Mikrobe appears about once in every 14 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).