Chiasmus
German, noun[çiˈasmʊs]
Chiasmus is spelled C-H-I-A-S-M-U-S (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). Chiasmus is a German masculine noun meaning “chiasmus” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “syntaktische Überkreuzstellung von Wörtern oder Satzteilen”.
What does Chiasmus mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinechiasmus
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. syntaktische Überkreuzstellung von Wörtern oder Satzteilen
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 Chiasmus
- Chiasmen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Chiasmus?
- [çiˈasmʊs]
- [ˈçi̯asmʊs]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Chiasmus
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Chiasmus in German?
Chiasmus 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).