Gemeinplatz
German, noun[ɡəˈmaɪ̯nˌplat͡s]
Gemeinplatz is spelled G-E-M-E-I-N-P-L-A-T-Z (11 letters) and appears about once in every 19 million words in written German, the 247,831st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gemeinplatz is a German masculine noun meaning “commonplace, truism” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Aussage, die Selbstverständliches, Triviales ausdrückt, oft in tautologischer Form”.
What does Gemeinplatz mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecommonplace, truism
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Aussage, die Selbstverständliches, Triviales ausdrückt, oft in tautologischer Form
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 Gemeinplatz
- Gemeinplatzes genitive
- Gemeinplätze plural
- Gemeinplatze dative singular
- Gemeinplätzen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Gemeinplatz?
- [ɡəˈmaɪ̯nˌplat͡s]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Gemeinplatz
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Gemeinplatz in German?
Gemeinplatz appears about once in every 19 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).