Blankvers
German, noun/ˈblaŋkˌfɛʁs/
Blankvers is spelled B-L-A-N-K-V-E-R-S (9 letters) and appears about once in every 36 million words in written German, the 357,274th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Blankvers is a German masculine noun meaning “blank verse” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “reimloser, jambischer Vers, der aus fünf betonten Silben besteht und auf die letzte betonte oder eine…”.
What does Blankvers mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineblank verse
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. reimloser, jambischer Vers, der aus fünf betonten Silben besteht und auf die letzte betonte oder eine unbetonte Folgesilbe endet
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 Blankvers
- Blankverses genitive
- Blankverse plural
- Blankversen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Blankvers?
- /ˈblaŋkˌfɛʁs/
- Austria /ˈblaŋkˌvɛʁs/
- [ˈblaŋkˌfɛʁs]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Blankvers in German?
Blankvers appears about once in every 36 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).