Instrument
German, noun[ˌɪnstʁuˈmɛnt]
Instrument is spelled I-N-S-T-R-U-M-E-N-T (10 letters) and appears 18 times per million words in written German, the 4,345th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Instrument is a German neuter noun meaning “instrument” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “feines, kompliziertes Werkzeug; Gerät für wissenschaftliche Messungen oder Untersuchungen”.
What does Instrument mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterinstrument
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. feines, kompliziertes Werkzeug; Gerät für wissenschaftliche Messungen oder Untersuchungen 2. Gerät zum Musizieren 3. Mittel zum Zweck 4. Zeugnisbrief
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 Instrument
- Instrumentes genitive
- Instruments genitive
- Instrumente plural
- Instrumenten dative definite plural
- Instr. abbreviation
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Instrument?
- [ˌɪnstʁuˈmɛnt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Instrument
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Instrument in German?
Instrument appears 18 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).