Vorsteherdrüse
German, noun[ˈfoːɐ̯ʃteːɐˌdʁyːzə]
Vorsteherdrüse is spelled V-O-R-S-T-E-H-E-R-D-R-Ü-S-E (14 letters) and appears about once in every 15 million words in written German, the 219,861st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Vorsteherdrüse is a German feminine noun meaning “prostate gland” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “akzessorische Geschlechtsdrüse aller Säugetiere (einschließlich Mensch), die nahe der Harnblase liegt und die…”.
What does Vorsteherdrüse mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineprostate gland
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. akzessorische Geschlechtsdrüse aller Säugetiere (einschließlich Mensch), die nahe der Harnblase liegt und die Harnröhre umgibt
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 Vorsteherdrüse
- Vorsteherdrüsen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Vorsteherdrüse?
- [ˈfoːɐ̯ʃteːɐˌdʁyːzə]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Vorsteherdrüse in German?
Vorsteherdrüse appears about once in every 15 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).