Kompendium
German, noun[kɔmˈpɛndi̯ʊm]
Kompendium is spelled K-O-M-P-E-N-D-I-U-M (10 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 41,722nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Kompendium is a German neuter noun meaning “compendium” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “kurz gefasstes Lehrbuch, Handbuch, Leitfaden, Übersicht, Abriss”.
What does Kompendium mean in English?
noun
- 1
neutercompendium
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. kurz gefasstes Lehrbuch, Handbuch, Leitfaden, Übersicht, Abriss 2. Sammlung von Schriftwerken 3. eine Sonnenblende mit ausziehbarem Balgen; ausziehbare Sonnenblende; die verstellbare Gegenlichtblende einer Großformatkamera
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 Kompendium
- Kompendiums genitive
- Kompendien plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Kompendium?
- [kɔmˈpɛndi̯ʊm]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Kompendium
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Kompendium in German?
Kompendium appears about once in every 1 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).