Kenotaph
German, noun/kenoˈtaːf/
Kenotaph is spelled K-E-N-O-T-A-P-H (8 letters) and appears about once in every 31 million words in written German, the 326,119th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Kenotaph is a German masculine noun meaning “cenotaph” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “ein Grabmal, zur Erinnerung an einen Verstorbenen, der dort aber nicht begraben ist; Scheingrab”.
What does Kenotaph mean in English?
noun
- 1
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Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ein Grabmal, zur Erinnerung an einen Verstorbenen, der dort aber nicht begraben ist; Scheingrab
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 Kenotaph
- Kenotaphs genitive
- Kenotaphe plural
- Kenotaphen dative definite plural
- Cenotaph alternative
- Zenotaph alternative
- Zenotaphium alternative
- Zenotaphion alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Kenotaph?
- /kenoˈtaːf/
- [kenoˈtaːf]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Kenotaph
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Kenotaph in German?
Kenotaph appears about once in every 31 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).