Safran
German, noun/ˈzafʁan/
Safran is spelled S-A-F-R-A-N (6 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 41,722nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Safran is a German masculine noun meaning “saffron” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “eine Krokusart (Crocus sativus)”.
What does Safran mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesaffron
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. eine Krokusart (Crocus sativus) 2. Gewürz, das aus den Staubbeuteln von Crocus sativus gewonnen wird
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 Safran
- Safrans genitive
- Safrane plural
- Safranen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Safran?
- /ˈzafʁan/
- Austria /ˈsɑfʁɑn/
- [ˈzafʁan]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Safran
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Safran in German?
Safran 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).