Sinus
German, noun[ˈziːnʊs]
Sinus is spelled S-I-N-U-S (5 letters) and appears 1.1 times per million words in written German, the 36,256th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sinus is a German masculine noun meaning “sine” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “eine trigonometrische Funktion”.
What does Sinus mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesine
- 2
masculinesinus
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. eine trigonometrische Funktion 2. „Hohlraum in Geweben und Organen“ 3. „venöses Blut führender Kanal zwischen den Hirnhäuten“
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 Sinus
- Sinusse plural
- Sinussen dative definite plural
- sin abbreviation
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Sinus?
- [ˈziːnʊs]
- plural [ˈziːnuːs]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Sinus
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Sinus in German?
Sinus appears 1.1 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).