Gong
German, noun/ɡɔŋ/
Gong is spelled G-O-N-G (4 letters) and appears 2.3 times per million words in written German, the 21,569th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gong is a German masculine noun meaning “gong” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “selbstklingendes Schlaginstrument aus einer freischwingenden Metallscheibe”.
What does Gong mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineneutergong
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. selbstklingendes Schlaginstrument aus einer freischwingenden Metallscheibe 2. ein meist elektronisch erzeugter, akustischer Signalton bzw. das diesen Ton erzeugende Gerät
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 Gong
- Gongs genitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Gong?
- /ɡɔŋ/
- [ɡɔŋ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Gong
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Gong in German?
Gong 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).