Petrischale
German, noun/ˈpeːtʁiˌʃaːlə/
Petrischale is spelled P-E-T-R-I-S-C-H-A-L-E (11 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written German, the 123,622nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Petrischale is a German feminine noun meaning “Petri dish” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “meist in der Biologie und Chemie genutzte, flache, runde und durchsichtige Schale”.
What does Petrischale mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininePetri dish
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. meist in der Biologie und Chemie genutzte, flache, runde und durchsichtige 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 Petrischale
- Petrischalen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Petrischale?
- /ˈpeːtʁiˌʃaːlə/
- [ˈpeːtʁiˌʃaːlə]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Petrischale in German?
Petrischale appears about once in every 6 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).