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Ytterbium

German, noun[ʏˈtɛʁbi̯ʊm]

Ytterbium is spelled Y-T-T-E-R-B-I-U-M (9 letters) and appears about once in every 39 million words in written German, the 371,567th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ytterbium is a German neuter noun meaning “ytterbium” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “chemisches Element mit der Ordnungszahl 70, das zu den Lanthanoiden gehört”.

What does Ytterbium mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    neuterytterbium

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

How German dictionaries define it

noun: 1. chemisches Element mit der Ordnungszahl 70, das zu den Lanthanoiden gehört

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 Ytterbium

  • Ytterbiums genitive
  • Yb symbol

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

How do you pronounce Ytterbium?

  • [ʏˈtɛʁbi̯ʊm]

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

English words that translate to Ytterbium

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

How common is Ytterbium in German?

Ytterbium appears about once in every 39 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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