Dissonanz
German, noun/dɪsoˈnant͡s/
Dissonanz is spelled D-I-S-S-O-N-A-N-Z (9 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 41,722nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dissonanz is a German feminine noun meaning “dissonance” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Missklang, das heißt Intervall oder Akkord, der als „auflösungsbedürftig“ empfunden wird”.
What does Dissonanz mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininedissonance
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Missklang, das heißt Intervall oder Akkord, der als „auflösungsbedürftig“ empfunden wird 2. eine aus dem Widerspruch von Entscheidung und Wahrnehmung folgende innere Spannung 3. Uneinigkeit, Meinungsverschiedenheit in einer Gruppe
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 Dissonanz
- Dissonanzen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Dissonanz?
- /dɪsoˈnant͡s/
- [dɪsoˈnant͡s]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Dissonanz
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Dissonanz in German?
Dissonanz appears about once in every 1 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).