zirkumpolar
German, adjective[t͡sɪʁkʊmpoˈlaːɐ̯]
zirkumpolar is spelled Z-I-R-K-U-M-P-O-L-A-R (11 letters) and appears about once in every 69 million words in written German, the 515,032nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Zirkumpolar is a German adjective meaning “circumpolar” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “um die polare Zone herum”.
What does zirkumpolar mean in English?
adjective
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circumpolar
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. um die polare Zone herum 2. von einem Ort ganzjährig sichtbar 3. innerhalb einer Klimazone auf mehreren Kontinenten
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 zirkumpolar
- zirkumpolarer masculine nominative singular
- zirkumpolare feminine nominative singular
- zirkumpolares neuter nominative singular
- zirkumpolaren genitive masculine singular
- zirkumpolarem dative masculine singular
- der zirkumpolare definite includes-article masculine
- die zirkumpolare definite feminine includes-article
- das zirkumpolare definite includes-article neuter
- die zirkumpolaren definite includes-article nominative
- des zirkumpolaren definite genitive includes-article
- der zirkumpolaren definite feminine genitive
- dem zirkumpolaren dative definite includes-article
- den zirkumpolaren dative definite includes-article
- circumpolar alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce zirkumpolar?
- [t͡sɪʁkʊmpoˈlaːɐ̯]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is zirkumpolar in German?
zirkumpolar appears about once in every 69 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).