velar
German, adjective
velar is spelled V-E-L-A-R (5 letters) and appears about once in every 12 million words in written German, the 189,851st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Velar is a German adjective meaning “velar” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Velar is a different word: “velar”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “mit dem hinteren Teil der Zunge am Velum (= weicher Gaumen) gebildet”.
What does velar mean in English?
adjective
- 1
velar
noun
- 1
masculinevelar
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. mit dem hinteren Teil der Zunge am Velum (= weicher Gaumen) gebildet
noun: 1. Bezeichnung für Konsonanten (Mitlaute), die velar, das heißt mit dem Zungenrücken am Velum, dem weichen Gaumen, artikuliert werden
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 velar
- velarer masculine nominative singular
- velare feminine nominative singular
- velares neuter nominative singular
- velaren genitive masculine singular
- velarem dative masculine singular
- der velare definite includes-article masculine
- die velare definite feminine includes-article
- das velare definite includes-article neuter
- die velaren definite includes-article nominative
- des velaren definite genitive includes-article
- der velaren definite feminine genitive
- dem velaren dative definite includes-article
- den velaren dative definite includes-article
- Velare nominative plural
- Velars genitive singular
- Velaren dative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to velar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is velar in German?
velar appears about once in every 12 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).