Ohrspeicheldrüse
German, noun/ˈoːɐ̯ˌʃpaɪ̯çl̩dʁyːzə/
Ohrspeicheldrüse is spelled O-H-R-S-P-E-I-C-H-E-L-D-R-Ü-S-E (16 letters) and appears about once in every 20 million words in written German, the 254,291st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ohrspeicheldrüse is a German feminine noun meaning “parotid gland” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “paarige Speicheldrüse des Menschen und der höheren Wirbeltiere, die vor dem inneren Ohr auf dem Kaumuskel…”.
What does Ohrspeicheldrüse mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineparotid gland
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. paarige Speicheldrüse des Menschen und der höheren Wirbeltiere, die vor dem inneren Ohr auf dem Kaumuskel liegt
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 Ohrspeicheldrüse
- Ohrspeicheldrüsen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Ohrspeicheldrüse?
- /ˈoːɐ̯ˌʃpaɪ̯çl̩dʁyːzə/
- [ˈoːɐ̯ˌʃpaɪ̯çl̩dʁyːzə]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Ohrspeicheldrüse in German?
Ohrspeicheldrüse appears about once in every 20 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).