betont
German, adjective[bəˈtoːnt]
betont is spelled B-E-T-O-N-T (6 letters) and appears 25 times per million words in written German, the 3,312th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Betont is a German adjective meaning “emphasized” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of betonen. The German Wiktionary defines it as “auffallend, nachdrücklich”.
What does betont mean in English?
adjective
- 1
emphasized
verb
- 1
past participle of betonen
verb
- 1
third-person singular present
- 2
second-person plural present
- 3
plural imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. auffallend, nachdrücklich 2. Eigenschaft der Silbe (im Wort oder im Vers), die stimmlich durch Lautstärke oder Tonhöhe im Vergleich zu anderen hervorgehoben ist.
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 betont
- betonter masculine nominative singular
- am betontesten superlative
- betonte feminine nominative singular
- betontes neuter nominative singular
- betonten genitive masculine singular
- betontem dative masculine singular
- der betonte definite includes-article masculine
- die betonte definite feminine includes-article
- das betonte definite includes-article neuter
- die betonten definite includes-article nominative
- des betonten definite genitive includes-article
- der betonten definite feminine genitive
- dem betonten dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce betont?
- [bəˈtoːnt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to betont
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is betont in German?
betont appears 25 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).