Obsidian
German, noun/ɔpzidiˈaːn/
Obsidian is spelled O-B-S-I-D-I-A-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 71,199th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Obsidian is a German masculine noun meaning “obsidian” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “dunkles und glasiges Gestein vulkanischer Herkunft”.
What does Obsidian mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineobsidian
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. dunkles und glasiges Gestein vulkanischer Herkunft
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 Obsidian
- Obsidians genitive
- Obsidiane plural
- Obsidianen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Obsidian?
- /ɔpzidiˈaːn/
- /ɔpˈzidi̯aːn/
- [ɔpz̥idiˈaːn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Obsidian
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Obsidian in German?
Obsidian appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).