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Phlox

German, noun/flɔks/

Phlox is a German feminine noun meaning “phlox (plant of the genus Phlox)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “meist ausdauernde krautige Pflanze mit fünfzählig stieltellerförmigen Blüten in meist rispigen Blütenständen”.

What does Phlox mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininemasculinephlox (plant of the genus Phlox)

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

noun: 1. meist ausdauernde krautige Pflanze mit fünfzählig stieltellerförmigen Blüten in meist rispigen Blütenständen 2. eine Gattung der Familie Sperrkrautgewächse 3. Phlox-Cultivars als Zierstauden in Gärten und Parks

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 Phlox

  • Phloxes genitive
  • Phloxe plural
  • Phloxen dative definite plural

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce Phlox?

  • /flɔks/
  • [flɔks]

Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to Phlox

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is Phlox in German?

Phlox appears about once in every 7 million words in written German.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).