Pelikan
German, noun/ˈpeːliˌkaːn/
Pelikan is spelled P-E-L-I-K-A-N (7 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 55,211th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pelikan is a German masculine noun meaning “pelican” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Vogel aus der Familie der Pelicanidae mit charakteristischem Hautsack am Unterschnabel”.
What does Pelikan mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepelican
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Vogel aus der Familie der Pelicanidae mit charakteristischem Hautsack am Unterschnabel
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 Pelikan
- Pelikans genitive
- Pelikane plural
- Pelikanen dative definite plural
- Pelekan alternative obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Pelikan?
- /ˈpeːliˌkaːn/
- /peliˈkaːn/
- [ˈpeːlikaːn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Pelikan
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Pelikan in German?
Pelikan appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).