Parasitismus
German, noun[paʁaziˈtɪsmʊs]
Parasitismus is spelled P-A-R-A-S-I-T-I-S-M-U-S (12 letters) and appears about once in every 17 million words in written German, the 228,970th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Parasitismus is a German masculine noun meaning “parasitism” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Vergesellschaftung von Individuen zweier unterschiedlicher Lebewesenarten, bei der sich ein Partner (Parasit)…”.
What does Parasitismus mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineparasitism
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Vergesellschaftung von Individuen zweier unterschiedlicher Lebewesenarten, bei der sich ein Partner (Parasit) in seinem Stoff- und Energiewechsel vom anderen (Wirt) zu dessen Nachteil versorgt, meist in direktem Kontakt
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 Parasitismus
- Parasitismen nominative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Parasitismus?
- [paʁaziˈtɪsmʊs]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Parasitismus
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Parasitismus in German?
Parasitismus appears about once in every 17 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).