Dezember
German, noun/deˈtsɛmbɐ/
Dezember is spelled D-E-Z-E-M-B-E-R (8 letters) and appears 110 times per million words in written German, the 786th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dezember is a German masculine noun meaning “December (the twelfth and last month of the Gregorian calendar, following November and preceding the January of the following year…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “der zwölfte und somit letzte Monat eines Jahres”.
What does Dezember mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineDecember (the twelfth and last month of the Gregorian calendar, following November and preceding the January of the following year, containing the southern solstice)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. der zwölfte und somit letzte Monat eines Jahres
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 Dezember
- Dezembers genitive
- Dezembern dative definite plural
- Dez. alternative abbreviation
- December alternative obsolete
- Dec. alternative abbreviation obsolete
- Xber alternative abbreviation obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Dezember?
- /deˈtsɛmbɐ/
- [deˈt͡sɛmbɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Dezember
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Dezember in German?
Dezember appears 110 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).