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Olive

German, noun/oˈliːvə/

Olive is spelled O-L-I-V-E (5 letters) and appears 1.3 times per million words in written German, the 32,479th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Olive is a German feminine noun meaning “olive (fruit)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “mediterrane Steinfrucht, Frucht des Ölbaums”.

What does Olive mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    feminineolive (fruit)

  2. 2

    feminineinformalolive (tree)

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

noun: 1. mediterrane Steinfrucht, Frucht des Ölbaums 2. Ohrstück des Stethoskops 3. Schlauchanschlussstück im Laborbereich 4. Fenstergriff

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 Olive

  • Oliven plural
  • Olivchen diminutive neuter

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce Olive?

  • Germany /oˈliːvə/
  • /oˈliːfɛ/
  • Austria [-v̥ɛ]

Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to Olive

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is Olive in German?

Olive appears 1.3 times per million words in written German.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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