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Latenz

German, noun[laˈtɛnt͡s]

Latenz is spelled L-A-T-E-N-Z (6 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 59,520th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Latenz is a German feminine noun meaning “latency” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Vorhandensein einer (noch, momentan, vielleicht auch prinzipiell) nicht sichtbaren „Sache“”.

What does Latenz mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininelatency

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

How German dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Vorhandensein einer (noch, momentan, vielleicht auch prinzipiell) nicht sichtbaren „Sache“ 2. Zeit zwischen Reiz und Reaktion, zwischen Ursache und Wirkung 3. zeitweiliges Verborgensein einer Krankheit, symptomfreie Zeit 4. Zeit zwischen Anfrage und Antwort

The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.

Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

How do you pronounce Latenz?

  • [laˈtɛnt͡s]

Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to Latenz

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

How common is Latenz in German?

Latenz appears about once in every 2 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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