Asymptote
German, noun/ˌazʏmpˈtoːtə/
Asymptote is spelled A-S-Y-M-P-T-O-T-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 20 million words in written German, the 257,657th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Asymptote is a German feminine noun meaning “asymptote (straight line which a curve approaches arbitrarily closely)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Gerade, die sich einer gegebenen Kurve im Unendlichen beliebig annähert, ohne sie zu erreichen”.
What does Asymptote mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineasymptote (straight line which a curve approaches arbitrarily closely)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Gerade, die sich einer gegebenen Kurve im Unendlichen beliebig annähert, ohne sie zu erreichen 2. Funktion, deren Graph sich dem Graphen einer gegebenen Funktion beliebig annähert
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 Asymptote
- Asymptoten plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Asymptote?
- /ˌazʏmpˈtoːtə/
- [ˌazʏmpˈtoːtə]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Asymptote
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Asymptote in German?
Asymptote appears about once in every 20 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).