Virus
German, noun/ˈviːʁʊs/
Virus is spelled V-I-R-U-S (5 letters) and appears 19 times per million words in written German, the 4,037th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Virus is a German masculine noun meaning “virus” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “kleinster Krankheitserreger, der sich nur in Zellen vermehren kann”.
What does Virus mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineneutervirus
- 2
masculineneutercomputer virus
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. kleinster Krankheitserreger, der sich nur in Zellen vermehren kann 2. schädlicher, sich selbst durch Hilfe von Programmen verbreitender, selbst nicht lauffähiger (ausführbarer) Kode
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 Virus
- Viren plural
- Vira error-unknown-tag plural
- Virusse nonstandard plural
- Virussen dative definite nonstandard
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Virus?
- /ˈviːʁʊs/
- [ˈviːʁʊs]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Virus
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Virus in German?
Virus appears 19 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).