Langvokal
German, noun/ˈlaŋvoˌkaːl/
Langvokal is spelled L-A-N-G-V-O-K-A-L (9 letters) and appears about once in every 42 million words in written German, the 386,396th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Langvokal is a German masculine noun meaning “long vowel” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Vokal, dessen Aussprachedauer verglichen mit Kurzvokalen länger ist”.
What does Langvokal mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinelong 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 verglichen mit Kurzvokalen länger 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 Langvokal
- Langvokals genitive
- Langvokale plural
- Langvokalen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Langvokal?
- /ˈlaŋvoˌkaːl/
- [ˈlaŋvoˌkaːl]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Langvokal in German?
Langvokal appears about once in every 42 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).