Elegie
German, noun/eleˈɡiː/
Elegie is spelled E-L-E-G-I-E (6 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 76,606th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Elegie is a German feminine noun meaning “elegy (mournful or plaintive poem or song)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Gedicht mit einem traurigen, klagenden Thema und in oftmals schwermütiger Stimmung respektive im Ton…”.
What does Elegie mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineelegy (mournful or plaintive poem or song)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Gedicht mit einem traurigen, klagenden Thema und in oftmals schwermütiger Stimmung respektive im Ton wehmütiger Klage verfasst, früher auch in Distichen/Verspaaren verfasst 2. wehmütige (elegische) Stimmung
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 Elegie
- Elegien plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Elegie?
- /eleˈɡiː/
- [eleˈɡiː]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Elegie
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Elegie in German?
Elegie appears about once in every 3 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).