Oktopus
German, noun[ˈɔktopʊs]
Oktopus is spelled O-K-T-O-P-U-S (7 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 70,098th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Oktopus is a German masculine noun meaning “octopus (genus)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “achtarmiger Krake”.
What does Oktopus mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineoctopus (genus)
- 2
masculinesynonym of Tintenfisch (“any of cuttlefish, octopus, or squid”)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. achtarmiger Krake
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 Oktopus
- Oktopoden plural
- Oktopusse plural
- Oktopussen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Oktopus?
- [ˈɔktopʊs]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Oktopus
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Oktopus in German?
Oktopus 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).