Waran
German, noun[vaˈʁaːn]
Waran is spelled W-A-R-A-N (5 letters) and appears about once in every 9 million words in written German, the 163,492nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Waran is a German masculine noun meaning “monitor lizard” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “(vor allem in den tropischen und subtropischen Gebieten Afrikas, Asiens und Australiens beheimatete) größere…”.
What does Waran mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinemonitor lizard
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. (vor allem in den tropischen und subtropischen Gebieten Afrikas, Asiens und Australiens beheimatete) größere, massige, ovipare und karnivore Echse mit langem Schwanz und stark bekrallten, kräftigen Beinen (Varanus)
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 Waran
- Warans genitive
- Warane plural
- Waranen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Waran?
- [vaˈʁaːn]
- [vaˈraːn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Waran in German?
Waran appears about once in every 9 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).