Daktylus
German, noun/ˈdaktylʊs/
Daktylus is spelled D-A-K-T-Y-L-U-S (8 letters) and appears about once in every 28 million words in written German, the 309,493rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Daktylus is a German masculine noun meaning “dactyl” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “rhythmische Einheit, bei der erst eine lange oder betonte und dann zwei kurze oder unbetonte Silben auftreten…”.
What does Daktylus mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinedactyl
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. rhythmische Einheit, bei der erst eine lange oder betonte und dann zwei kurze oder unbetonte Silben auftreten (– υ υ)
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 Daktylus
- Daktylen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Daktylus?
- /ˈdaktylʊs/
- [ˈdaktylʊs]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Daktylus
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Daktylus in German?
Daktylus appears about once in every 28 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).