Moschus
German, noun/ˈmɔʃʊs/
Moschus is spelled M-O-S-C-H-U-S (7 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 72,255th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Moschus is a German masculine noun meaning “musk” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Sekret aus der Drüse eines Moschushirsches”.
What does Moschus mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinemusk
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Sekret aus der Drüse eines Moschushirsches 2. Duftstoff, der als Produkt aus dem Sekret [1] gewonnen wird
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce Moschus?
- /ˈmɔʃʊs/
- [ˈmɔʃʊs]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Moschus
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Moschus in German?
Moschus appears about once in every 3 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).