Ypsilon
German, noun/ˈʏpsilɔn/
Ypsilon is spelled Y-P-S-I-L-O-N (7 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written German, the 121,881st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ypsilon is a German neuter noun meaning “Y (letter of the Latin alphabet)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Name des lateinischen Buchstabens Y”.
What does Ypsilon mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterY (letter of the Latin alphabet)
- 2
neuterupsilon (letter of the Greek alphabet)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Name des lateinischen Buchstabens Y 2. der 20. Buchstabe des griechischen Alphabets 3. Schmetterling aus der Familie der Eulenfalter, der einen y-förmigen Fleck auf den Vorderflügeln hat
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 Ypsilon
- Ypsilons genitive
- Ypsila literary plural
- Υ symbol
- υ symbol
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Ypsilon?
- /ˈʏpsilɔn/
- [ˈʏpsilɔn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Ypsilon
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Ypsilon in German?
Ypsilon appears about once in every 6 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).