Substrat
German, noun[zʊpˈstʁaːt]
Substrat is spelled S-U-B-S-T-R-A-T (8 letters) and appears 1.5 times per million words in written German, the 29,978th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Substrat is a German neuter noun meaning “substrate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “etwas, das als Unterlage für etwas anderes dient”.
What does Substrat mean in English?
noun
- 1
neutersubstrate
- 2
neutersoil
- 3
neutersubstratum
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. etwas, das als Unterlage für etwas anderes dient 2. Nährboden, auf dem etwas gezüchtet werden kann 3. Linguistik, speziell Beeinflussung einer Sprache mit Elementen einer anderen, unterlegenen/verdrängten Sprache
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 Substrat
- Substrates genitive
- Substrats genitive
- Substrate plural
- Substraten dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Substrat?
- [zʊpˈstʁaːt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Substrat
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Substrat in German?
Substrat appears 1.5 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).