Diskant
German, noun/dɪsˈkant/
Diskant is spelled D-I-S-K-A-N-T (7 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written German, the 102,515th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Diskant is a German masculine noun meaning “descant” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Gegenstimme, die den Cantus firmus improvisiert oder diesem auch notenschriftlich beigegeben wurde”.
What does Diskant mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinedescant
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Gegenstimme, die den Cantus firmus improvisiert oder diesem auch notenschriftlich beigegeben wurde 2. höchste Stimme eines mehrstimmigen Satzes, also meistens der Sopran 3. höhere Tonlage; zum Beispiel nennt sich so die obere Hälfte der Tasten beim Klavier 4. hohe Stimmlage der menschliche Stimme
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 Diskant
- Diskantes genitive
- Diskants genitive
- Diskante plural
- Diskanten dative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Diskant?
- /dɪsˈkant/
- [dɪsˈkant]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Diskant
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Diskant in German?
Diskant appears about once in every 4 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).