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Wind

German, noun/vɪnt/

Wind is spelled W-I-N-D (4 letters) and appears 49 times per million words in written German, the 1,735th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Wind is a German masculine noun meaning “wind; the movement of air usually caused by convection or differences of air pressure” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “eine gerichtete Luftbewegung in der Atmosphäre”.

What does Wind mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinewind; the movement of air usually caused by convection or differences of air pressure

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

noun: 1. eine gerichtete Luftbewegung in der Atmosphäre 2. Abgang einer Blähung aus dem Darm durch den After nach außen 3. die durch ein Gebläse den Orgelpfeifen zugeführte Luft 4. die (zum Beispiel bei der Eisengewinnung im Hochofen) mit Sauerstoff angereicherte Luft

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 Wind

  • Windes genitive
  • Winds genitive
  • Winde plural
  • Windchen diminutive neuter
  • Winden dative definite plural

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce Wind?

  • /vɪnt/
  • [vɪnt]

Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to Wind

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is Wind in German?

Wind appears 49 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).

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