Paranuss
German, noun/ˈpaːʁaˌnʊs/
Paranuss is spelled P-A-R-A-N-U-S-S (8 letters) and appears about once in every 23 million words in written German, the 274,993rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Paranuss is a German feminine noun meaning “brazil nut (Bertholletia excelsa)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “größerer, länglicher, dreikantiger Samen des brasilianischen Paranussbaumes mit dunkelbrauner, sehr harter…”.
What does Paranuss mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininebrazil nut (Bertholletia excelsa)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. größerer, länglicher, dreikantiger Samen des brasilianischen Paranussbaumes mit dunkelbrauner, sehr harter Schale
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 Paranuss
- Paranüsse plural
- Paranüssen dative definite plural
- Paranuß alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Paranuss?
- /ˈpaːʁaˌnʊs/
- [ˈpaːʁaˌnʊs]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Paranuss in German?
Paranuss appears about once in every 23 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).