orbital
German, adjective
orbital is spelled O-R-B-I-T-A-L (7 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written German, the 96,776th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Orbital is a German adjective meaning “orbital” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Orbital is a different word: “orbital”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “den Orbit betreffend, im Orbit befindlich”.
What does orbital mean in English?
adjective
- 1
orbital
noun
- 1
neuterorbital
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. den Orbit betreffend, im Orbit befindlich 2. die Augenhöhle (Orbita) betreffend, zur Augenhöhle gehörend
noun: 1. Raum um einen oder mehrere Atomkerne, in dem sich ein Elektron mit einer hohen (rund 90%) Wahrscheinlichkeit aufhält
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 orbital
- orbitaler masculine nominative singular
- orbitale feminine nominative singular
- orbitales neuter nominative singular
- orbitalen genitive masculine singular
- orbitalem dative masculine singular
- der orbitale definite includes-article masculine
- die orbitale definite feminine includes-article
- das orbitale definite includes-article neuter
- die orbitalen definite includes-article nominative
- des orbitalen definite genitive includes-article
- der orbitalen definite feminine genitive
- dem orbitalen dative definite includes-article
- den orbitalen dative definite includes-article
- Orbitale nominative plural
- Orbitals genitive singular
- Orbitalen dative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to orbital
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is orbital in German?
orbital appears about once in every 4 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).