Phi
German, noun/fiː/
Phi is spelled P-H-I (3 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 47,290th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Phi is a German neuter noun meaning “phi (Greek letter)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “einundzwanzigster Buchstabe des griechischen Alphabets”.
What does Phi mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterphi (Greek letter)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. einundzwanzigster Buchstabe des griechischen Alphabets
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 Phi
- Phis genitive
- Φ symbol uppercase
- φ symbol lowercase
- ϕ symbol
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Phi?
- /fiː/
- [fiː]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Phi
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Phi in German?
Phi appears about once in every 1 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).