Dialektkontinuum
German, noun[diaˈlɛktkɔnˌtiːnuʊm]
Dialektkontinuum is spelled D-I-A-L-E-K-T-K-O-N-T-I-N-U-U-M (16 letters) and appears about once in every 26 million words in written German, the 297,534th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dialektkontinuum is a German neuter noun meaning “dialect continuum” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “eine Gruppe verschiedener Dialekte, die fließend ineinander übergehen; (Vergleiche auch Großdialekt)”.
What does Dialektkontinuum mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterdialect continuum
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. eine Gruppe verschiedener Dialekte, die fließend ineinander übergehen; (Vergleiche auch Großdialekt)
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 Dialektkontinuum
- Dialektkontinuums genitive
- Dialektkontinua plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Dialektkontinuum?
- [diaˈlɛktkɔnˌtiːnuʊm]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Dialektkontinuum in German?
Dialektkontinuum appears about once in every 26 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).