Ortolan
German, noun/ɔʁtoˈlaːn/
Ortolan is spelled O-R-T-O-L-A-N (7 letters) and appears about once in every 20 million words in written German, the 257,657th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ortolan is a German masculine noun meaning “ortolan (Emberiza hortulana)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Singvogelart aus der Gattung der Ammern”.
What does Ortolan mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineortolan (Emberiza hortulana)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Singvogelart aus der Gattung der Ammern
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 Ortolan
- Ortolans genitive
- Ortolane plural
- Ortolanen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Ortolan?
- /ɔʁtoˈlaːn/
- [ɔʁtɔˈlaːn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Ortolan
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Ortolan in German?
Ortolan appears about once in every 20 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).