Durtonleiter
German, noun/ˈduːɐ̯toːnlaɪ̯tɐ/
Durtonleiter is spelled D-U-R-T-O-N-L-E-I-T-E-R (12 letters) and appears about once in every 78 million words in written German, the 549,996th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Durtonleiter is a German feminine noun meaning “major scale (series of notes)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does Durtonleiter mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemajor scale (series of notes)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of Durtonleiter
- Durtonleitern plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Durtonleiter?
- /ˈduːɐ̯toːnlaɪ̯tɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Durtonleiter in German?
Durtonleiter appears about once in every 78 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).