Kurzvokal
German, noun/ˈkʊʁt͡svoˌkaːl/
Kurzvokal is spelled K-U-R-Z-V-O-K-A-L (9 letters) and appears about once in every 52 million words in written German, the 440,316th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Kurzvokal is a German masculine noun meaning “short vowel” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Vokal, dessen Aussprachedauer im Verhältnis zu Langvokalen kürzer ist”.
What does Kurzvokal mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineshort vowel
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Vokal, dessen Aussprachedauer im Verhältnis zu Langvokalen kürzer ist
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 Kurzvokal
- Kurzvokals genitive
- Kurzvokale plural
- Kurzvokalen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Kurzvokal?
- /ˈkʊʁt͡svoˌkaːl/
- [ˈkʊʁt͡svoˌkaːl]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Kurzvokal in German?
Kurzvokal appears about once in every 52 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).