steril
German, adjective/ˌʃteˈʁiːl/
steril is spelled S-T-E-R-I-L (6 letters) and appears 1.2 times per million words in written German, the 35,124th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Steril is a German adjective meaning “sterile (germless)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “ohne Krankheitskeime”.
What does steril mean in English?
adjective
- 1
sterile (germless)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. ohne Krankheitskeime 2. unfähig, sich fortzupflanzen 3. geistig unfruchtbar; von der Wirkung her kalt und abweisend
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 steril
- steriler masculine nominative singular
- am sterilsten superlative
- sterile feminine nominative singular
- steriles neuter nominative singular
- sterilen genitive masculine singular
- sterilem dative masculine singular
- der sterile definite includes-article masculine
- die sterile definite feminine includes-article
- das sterile definite includes-article neuter
- die sterilen definite includes-article nominative
- des sterilen definite genitive includes-article
- der sterilen definite feminine genitive
- dem sterilen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce steril?
- /ˌʃteˈʁiːl/
- /ˌsteˈʁiːl/
- [ˌʃteˈʁiːl]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to steril
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is steril in German?
steril appears 1.2 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).