Kantilene
German, noun[kantiˈleːnə]
Kantilene is spelled K-A-N-T-I-L-E-N-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 24 million words in written German, the 282,248th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Kantilene is a German feminine noun meaning “cantilena” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Melodie mit sanglichem Charakter”.
What does Kantilene mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecantilena
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Melodie mit sanglichem Charakter
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 Kantilene
- Kantilenen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Kantilene?
- [kantiˈleːnə]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Kantilene in German?
Kantilene appears about once in every 24 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).