Hypotenuse
German, noun[hypoteˈnuːzə]
Hypotenuse is spelled H-Y-P-O-T-E-N-U-S-E (10 letters) and appears about once in every 9 million words in written German, the 156,943rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hypotenuse is a German feminine noun meaning “hypotenuse” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “längste Seite eines rechtwinkeligen Dreiecks”.
What does Hypotenuse mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininehypotenuse
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. längste Seite eines rechtwinkeligen Dreiecks
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 Hypotenuse
- Hypotenusen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Hypotenuse?
- [hypoteˈnuːzə]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Hypotenuse
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Hypotenuse in German?
Hypotenuse 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).