oral
German, adjective[oˈʁaːl]
oral is spelled O-R-A-L (4 letters) and appears 3.4 times per million words in written German, the 16,394th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Oral is a German adjective meaning “mouth; oral” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “den Mund betreffend; mit dem Mund”.
What does oral mean in English?
adjective
- 1
mouth; oral
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. den Mund betreffend; mit dem Mund 2. ein artikulatorisches Merkmal, das diejenigen Laute auszeichnet, bei denen der Luftstrom nur durch den Mundraum und nicht durch den Nasenraum geführt 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 oral
- oraler masculine nominative singular
- orale feminine nominative singular
- orales neuter nominative singular
- oralen genitive masculine singular
- oralem dative masculine singular
- der orale definite includes-article masculine
- die orale definite feminine includes-article
- das orale definite includes-article neuter
- die oralen definite includes-article nominative
- des oralen definite genitive includes-article
- der oralen definite feminine genitive
- dem oralen dative definite includes-article
- den oralen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce oral?
- [oˈʁaːl]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to oral
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is oral in German?
oral appears 3.4 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).