Assonanz
German, noun/asoˈnant͡s/
Assonanz is spelled A-S-S-O-N-A-N-Z (8 letters) and appears about once in every 46 million words in written German, the 406,877th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Assonanz is a German feminine noun meaning “assonance” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “literarisches Stilmittel: Gleichklang von Vokalen in Wörtern, die benachbart im Text vorkommen (Prosa) oder…”.
What does Assonanz mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineassonance
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. literarisches Stilmittel: Gleichklang von Vokalen in Wörtern, die benachbart im Text vorkommen (Prosa) oder in Versenden (Dichtung)
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 Assonanz
- Assonanzen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Assonanz?
- /asoˈnant͡s/
- [asoˈnant͡s]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Assonanz in German?
Assonanz appears about once in every 46 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).