Sal
German, noun/zaːl/
Sal is spelled S-A-L (3 letters) and appears 2.5 times per million words in written German, the 20,546th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sal is a German neuter noun meaning “The uppermost layer of the Earth, rich in silica- and alumina-bearing minerals” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does Sal mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterThe uppermost layer of the Earth, rich in silica- and alumina-bearing minerals.
suffix
- 1
feminineneuteralternative form of -sel
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
suffix: 1. altes, seltenes, nicht mehr produktives Suffix, das das Erlangen des Begriffs angibt
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 Sal
- Sals genitive
- Sial alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Sal?
- /zaːl/
- /zal/
- /sa(ː)l/
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Sal in German?
Sal appears 2.5 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).