dominante
German, adjective[domiˈnantə]
dominante is spelled D-O-M-I-N-A-N-T-E (9 letters) and appears 2.3 times per million words in written German, the 21,569th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dominante is a German feminine adjective meaning “strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does dominante mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininestrong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
- 2
strong nominative/accusative plural
- 3
weak nominative all-gender singular
- 4
feminineneuterweak accusative feminine/neuter singular
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. fünfte Stufe einer Tonleiter und der darauf gebildete Dreiklang
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 dominante
- [1] bei Dur: D, bei Moll: d abbreviation
- Dominanten nominative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce dominante?
- [domiˈnantə]
- [dɔmiˈnantə]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is dominante in German?
dominante appears 2.3 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).