Pollution
German, noun/pɔluˈt͡si̯oːn/
Pollution is spelled P-O-L-L-U-T-I-O-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written German, the 123,622nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pollution is a German feminine noun meaning “nocturnal emission” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “unwillkürlicher Samenerguss”.
What does Pollution mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininenocturnal emission
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. unwillkürlicher Samenerguss 2. Fachbegriff für Umweltverschmutzung
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 Pollution
- Pollutionen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Pollution?
- /pɔluˈt͡si̯oːn/
- [pɔluˈt͡si̯oːn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Pollution
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Pollution in German?
Pollution 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).