Toteis
German, noun[ˈtoːtʔaɪ̯s]
Toteis is spelled T-O-T-E-I-S (6 letters) and appears about once in every 71 million words in written German, the 522,009th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Toteis is a German neuter noun meaning “dead ice (former glacier ice that is no longer connected to the active glacier)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “von Vereisungen der Landschaft zurückgelassenes, isoliertes und von Sedimenten überdecktes Eis”.
What does Toteis mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterdead ice (former glacier ice that is no longer connected to the active glacier)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. von Vereisungen der Landschaft zurückgelassenes, isoliertes und von Sedimenten überdecktes Eis
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 Toteis
- Toteises genitive
- Toteise dative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Toteis?
- [ˈtoːtʔaɪ̯s]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Toteis in German?
Toteis appears about once in every 71 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).