Crescendo
German, noun[kʁɛˈʃɛndo]
Crescendo is spelled C-R-E-S-C-E-N-D-O (9 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 78,979th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Crescendo is a German neuter noun meaning “crescendo” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “langsamer Anstieg der Tonstärke”.
What does Crescendo mean in English?
noun
- 1
neutercrescendo
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adverb: 1. allmählich lauter werdend, an Lautstärke zunehmend
noun: 1. langsamer Anstieg der Tonstärke
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 Crescendo
- Crescendos genitive
- cresc. abbreviation
- Crescendi nominative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Crescendo?
- [kʁɛˈʃɛndo]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Crescendo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Crescendo in German?
Crescendo appears about once in every 3 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).