Hexameter
German, noun/hɛˈksaːmetɐ/
Hexameter is spelled H-E-X-A-M-E-T-E-R (9 letters) and appears about once in every 9 million words in written German, the 159,136th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hexameter is a German masculine noun meaning “hexameter” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “antiker Vers, der aus sechs Daktylen oder Spondeen besteht, wobei der letzte um eine Silbe gekürzt…”.
What does Hexameter mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinehexameter
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. antiker Vers, der aus sechs Daktylen oder Spondeen besteht, wobei der letzte um eine Silbe gekürzt (katalektisch) ist
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 Hexameter
- Hexameters genitive
- Hexametern dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Hexameter?
- /hɛˈksaːmetɐ/
- [hɛˈksaːmetɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Hexameter in German?
Hexameter appears about once in every 9 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).