Orbit
German, noun[ˈɔʁbɪt]
Orbit is spelled O-R-B-I-T (5 letters) and appears 2.2 times per million words in written German, the 22,661st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Orbit is a German masculine noun meaning “orbit (path of one object around another object)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Bahnkurve, auf der sich ein Objekt in Form einer elliptischen Kurve um ein (zentrales, massereicheres)…”.
What does Orbit mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineorbit (path of one object around another object)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Bahnkurve, auf der sich ein Objekt in Form einer elliptischen Kurve um ein (zentrales, massereicheres) zweites Objekt bewegt
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 Orbit
- Orbits genitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Orbit?
- [ˈɔʁbɪt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Orbit
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Orbit in German?
Orbit appears 2.2 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).