Tsunami
German, noun/t͡suˈnaːmi/
Tsunami is spelled T-S-U-N-A-M-I (7 letters) and appears 2.1 times per million words in written German, the 23,467th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tsunami is a German feminine noun meaning “tsunami (large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “eine seismische Meereswoge, die überwiegend durch Seebeben, also durch unterseeische Erdbeben ausgelöst wird”.
What does Tsunami mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemasculinetsunami (large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. eine seismische Meereswoge, die überwiegend durch Seebeben, also durch unterseeische Erdbeben ausgelöst wird
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 Tsunami
- Tsunamis genitive
- Zunami alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Tsunami?
- /t͡suˈnaːmi/
- [t͡suˈnaːmi]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Tsunami
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Tsunami in German?
Tsunami appears 2.1 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).