Libretto
German, noun[liˈbʁɛto]
Libretto is spelled L-I-B-R-E-T-T-O (8 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 50,363rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Libretto is a German neuter noun meaning “libretto” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Textbuch eines musikalischen Werks, vor allem von Bühnenstücken (Oper, Operette, Singspiel)”.
What does Libretto mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterlibretto
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Textbuch eines musikalischen Werks, vor allem von Bühnenstücken (Oper, Operette, Singspiel)
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 Libretto
- Librettos genitive
- Libretti plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Libretto?
- [liˈbʁɛto]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Libretto
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Libretto in German?
Libretto 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).