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komma

German, contraction

komma is spelled K-O-M-M-A (5 letters) and appears 4.0 times per million words in written German, the 14,528th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Komma is a German contraction meaning “contraction of komm + mal” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Komma is a different word: “comma (,)”.

What does komma mean in English?

contraction

  1. 1

    informalcontraction of komm + mal

noun

as Komma
  1. 1

    neutercomma (,)

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Interpunktionszeichen, Satzzeichen 2. Trennzeichen in Dezimalzahlen 3. „kleinere rhythmische Unterteilung der Periode“ 4. ein kleines Musikintervall als Pythagoreisches Komma

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 komma

  • Kommas genitive
  • Kommata plural
  • Comma alternative
  • , symbol

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

English words that translate to komma

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is komma in German?

komma appears 4.0 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).

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