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Sanderling

German, noun/ˈzandɐlɪŋ/

Sanderling is a German masculine noun meaning “sanderling (a small wading bird, Calidris alba)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Vogel aus der Gattung der Strandläufer”.

What does Sanderling mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinesanderling (a small wading bird, Calidris alba)

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

How German dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Vogel aus der Gattung der Strandläufer

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 Sanderling

  • Sanderlings genitive
  • Sanderlinge plural
  • Sanderlingen dative definite plural

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

How do you pronounce Sanderling?

  • /ˈzandɐlɪŋ/
  • [ˈzandɐlɪŋ]

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

English words that translate to Sanderling

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

How common is Sanderling in German?

Sanderling appears about once in every 20 million words in written German.

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