SI Unit and Prefix Names in German

Note:  Unless otherwise indicated, all German unit names are neuter in gender.

In English	Zeichen	Auf deutsch
SI-Basiseinheiten
meter	m	Meter (das, aber zuweilen der)
kilogram	kg	Kilogramm
second	s	Sekunde (die)
ampere	A	Ampere
kelvin	K	Kelvin
mole	mol	Mol
candela	cd	Candela (die)
abgeleitete SI-Einheiten
radian	rad	Radiant (der)
steradian	sr	Steradiant (der)
hertz	Hz	Hertz
newton	N	Newton
pascal	Pa	Pascal
joule	J	Joule
watt	W	Watt
coulomb	C	Coulomb
volt	V	Volt
farad	F	Farad
ohm		Ohm
siemens	S	Siemens
weber	Wb	Weber
tesla	T	Tesla
henry	H	Henry
degree Celsius	°C	Grad Celsius (der oder das)
lumen	lm	Lumen
lux	lx	Lux
becquerel	Bq	Becquerel
gray	Gy	Gray
sievert	Sv	Sievert
anderen Einheiten
liter	l oder L	Liter (das, aber zuweilen der)
tonne, metric ton	t	Tonne (die)
SI-Vorsätze
yotta	Y	Yotta
zetta	Z	Zetta
exa	E	Exa
peta	P	Peta
tera	T	Tera
giga	G	Giga
mega	M	Mega
kilo	k	Kilo
hecto	h	Hekto
deka	da	Deka
deci	d	Dezi
centi	c	Zenti
milli	m	Milli
micro	µ	Mikro
nano	n	Nano
pico	p	Piko
femto	f	Femto
atto	a	Atto
zepto	z	Zepto
yocto	y	Yocto

For your convenience, the following infomation is supplied; you may see these metric (but non-SI) units used in some literature:

Translation tips:

• In German, all nouns are capitalized.  Thus, non-prefixed nouns are capitalized.  However, if a prefix is attached, then the whole structure is a single noun; thus the prefix becomes capitalized and the unit's first letter is written in lowercase.  For example, "ein Gramm"  and "ein Kilogramm".
• "Meter" also refers to the instrument in many cases, as in "Voltmeter" and "Amperemeter" in which case the syllable "me" is stressed as in "Voltmeter".  If part of a unit name, though, the stress falls on the part of the name as in "Newtonmeter" or the stress falls more evenly across the whole unit name.
• Ratios are expressed using "durch":  "Meter durch Sekunde" ("meter per second") symbolized "m/s".
• The word for "reciprocal" is "reziprok":  "reziproke Sekunde" ("reciprocal second") symbolized "1/s" or "s^-1".
• The names for multiplied units are joined into one word:  "Newtonmeter" ("newton meter") symbolized "N·m".

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