Silberfisch
German, noun[ˈzɪlbɐˌfɪʃ]
Silberfisch is spelled S-I-L-B-E-R-F-I-S-C-H (11 letters) and appears about once in every 26 million words in written German, the 293,729th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Silberfisch is a German masculine noun meaning “alternative form of Silberfischchen (“silverfish (the insect)”)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “anderer Name für das Silberfischchen , ein flügelloses Insekt”.
What does Silberfisch mean in English?
noun
- 1
archaicmasculinedifferent kinds of silver-coloured fish
- 2
masculinealternative form of Silberfischchen (“silverfish (the insect)”)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. anderer Name für das Silberfischchen , ein flügelloses Insekt
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 Silberfisch
- Silberfisches genitive
- Silberfischs genitive
- Silberfische plural
- Silberfischen dative definite plural
- Silberfischchen diminutive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Silberfisch?
- [ˈzɪlbɐˌfɪʃ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Silberfisch
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Silberfisch in German?
Silberfisch appears about once in every 26 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).