Saline
German, noun/zaˈliːnə/
Saline is spelled S-A-L-I-N-E (6 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 56,036th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Saline is a German feminine noun meaning “salt pan (salt evaporation pond)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Betrieb, der durch gezielte Erhitzung, aus einer Sole, durch Verdunstung Salz gewinnt”.
What does Saline mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininesalt pan (salt evaporation pond)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Betrieb, der durch gezielte Erhitzung, aus einer Sole, durch Verdunstung Salz gewinnt 2. Betrieb, der durch natürliche Erhitzung, aus einer Sole, durch Verdunstung Salz gewinnt 3. öffentliche Badeanstalt um in salzhaltigem Wasser zu baden
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 Saline
- Salinen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Saline?
- /zaˈliːnə/
- [zaˈliːnə]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Saline
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Saline in German?
Saline appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).