Sylphe
German, noun[ˈzʏlfə]
Sylphe is spelled S-Y-L-P-H-E (6 letters) and appears about once in every 69 million words in written German, the 515,032nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sylphe is a German feminine noun meaning “sylph (the elemental being of air)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Luftgeist im (mittelalterlichen) Zauberglauben”.
What does Sylphe mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemasculinesylph (the elemental being of air)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Luftgeist im (mittelalterlichen) Zauberglauben
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 Sylphe
- Sylphen genitive
- Sylphide feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Sylphe?
- [ˈzʏlfə]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Sylphe
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Sylphe in German?
Sylphe appears about once in every 69 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).