Nonius
German, noun[ˈnoːni̯ʊs]
Nonius is spelled N-O-N-I-U-S (6 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written German, the 168,023rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Nonius is a German masculine noun meaning “nonius” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “bewegliche Längenskala, die zur Verbesserung der Ablesegenauigkeit auf Messgeräten für Winkel und Längen…”.
What does Nonius mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinenonius
- 2
masculinevernier caliper
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. bewegliche Längenskala, die zur Verbesserung der Ablesegenauigkeit auf Messgeräten für Winkel und Längen verwendet 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.
Forms of Nonius
- Noniusse plural
- Nonien plural
- Noniussen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Nonius?
- [ˈnoːni̯ʊs]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Nonius
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Nonius in German?
Nonius appears about once in every 10 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).