Kompositum
German, noun/kɔmˈpoːzitʊm/
Kompositum is spelled K-O-M-P-O-S-I-T-U-M (10 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written German, the 121,881st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Kompositum is a German neuter noun meaning “compound, compound word” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Wort, das zwei oder mehr lexikalische Morpheme enthält”.
What does Kompositum mean in English?
noun
- 1
neutercompound, compound word
- 2
neutercomposite pattern
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Wort, das zwei oder mehr lexikalische Morpheme enthält 2. Medikament mit mehreren Wirkstoffen 3. kleinster gemeinsamer Oberkörper zweier Körper 4. zusammengesetztes Mikroskop
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 Kompositum
- Kompositums genitive
- Komposita plural
- Kompositen plural
- Compositum alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Kompositum?
- /kɔmˈpoːzitʊm/
- [kɔmˈpoːzitʊm]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Kompositum in German?
Kompositum appears about once in every 6 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).