Silberrücken
German, noun/ˈzɪlbɐˌʁʏkn̩/
Silberrücken is spelled S-I-L-B-E-R-R-Ü-C-K-E-N (12 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written German, the 134,701st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Silberrücken is a German masculine noun meaning “silverback (mature male gorilla)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “erwachsener männlicher Gorilla etwa ab dem 12. Lebensjahr mit charakteristisch silbrig-grauem Fell”.
What does Silberrücken mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesilverback (mature male gorilla)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. erwachsener männlicher Gorilla etwa ab dem 12. Lebensjahr mit charakteristisch silbrig-grauem Fell 2. ältere, langdienende Person und sogenanntes Alphatier
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 Silberrücken
- Silberrückens genitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Silberrücken?
- /ˈzɪlbɐˌʁʏkn̩/
- [ˈzɪlbɐˌʁʏkn̩]
- [ˈzɪlbɐˌʁʏkŋ̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Silberrücken
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Silberrücken in German?
Silberrücken appears about once in every 7 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).