Suaheli
German, noun[zu̯aˈheːli]
Suaheli is spelled S-U-A-H-E-L-I (7 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written German, the 101,039th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Suaheli is a German masculine noun meaning “Swahili speaker (male or of unspecified gender)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “eine in Kenia und Tansania gesprochene Bantusprache”.
What does Suaheli mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineSwahili speaker (male or of unspecified gender)
noun
- 1
femininefemale Swahili speaker
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. eine in Kenia und Tansania gesprochene Bantusprache
noun: 1. Bewohner Ostafrikas, der die Bantusprache Suaheli als Muttersprache spricht
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 Suaheli
- Suahelis genitive
- Swahili variant
- sw abbreviation
- swa abbreviation
- (das) Suaheli nominative singular
- des Suaheli genitive singular
- des Suahelis genitive singular
- (dem) Suaheli dative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Suaheli?
- [zu̯aˈheːli]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Suaheli in German?
Suaheli appears about once in every 4 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).