Ironie
German, noun/iʁoˈniː/
Ironie is spelled I-R-O-N-I-E (6 letters) and appears 11 times per million words in written German, the 6,291st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ironie is a German feminine noun meaning “irony” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “verhüllter Spott, bei dem ein Unterschied zwischen wörtlicher und wirklicher Bedeutung besteht”.
What does Ironie mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineirony
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. verhüllter Spott, bei dem ein Unterschied zwischen wörtlicher und wirklicher Bedeutung besteht
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 Ironie
- Ironien plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Ironie?
- /iʁoˈniː/
- [iʁoˈniː]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Ironie
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Ironie in German?
Ironie appears 11 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).