dissonant
German, adjective/dɪsoˈnant/
dissonant is spelled D-I-S-S-O-N-A-N-T (9 letters) and appears about once in every 15 million words in written German, the 216,904th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dissonant is a German adjective meaning “dissonant” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “nicht zusammenklingend”.
What does dissonant mean in English?
adjective
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dissonant
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. nicht zusammenklingend 2. nicht zusammenpassend, unstimmig, mit Unstimmigkeiten
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 dissonant
- dissonanter masculine nominative singular
- am dissonantesten superlative
- dissonante feminine nominative singular
- dissonantes neuter nominative singular
- dissonanten genitive masculine singular
- dissonantem dative masculine singular
- der dissonante definite includes-article masculine
- die dissonante definite feminine includes-article
- das dissonante definite includes-article neuter
- die dissonanten definite includes-article nominative
- des dissonanten definite genitive includes-article
- der dissonanten definite feminine genitive
- dem dissonanten dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce dissonant?
- /dɪsoˈnant/
- [dɪsoˈnant]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to dissonant
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is dissonant in German?
dissonant appears about once in every 15 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).