Klangfarbe
German, noun/ˈklaŋˌfaʁbə/
Klangfarbe is spelled K-L-A-N-G-F-A-R-B-E (10 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 70,098th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Klangfarbe is a German feminine noun meaning “timbre (sound quality/colour)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does Klangfarbe mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininetimbre (sound quality/colour)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of Klangfarbe
- Klangfarben plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Klangfarbe?
- /ˈklaŋˌfaʁbə/
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Klangfarbe
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Klangfarbe in German?
Klangfarbe appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).