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Mainstream

German, noun/ˈmeːnstʁiːm/

Mainstream is spelled M-A-I-N-S-T-R-E-A-M (10 letters) and appears 6.8 times per million words in written German, the 9,700th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mainstream is a German masculine noun meaning “mainstream” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Sammelbegriff für Kultur oder Einstellungen, die einem Großteil der Bevölkerung (oder einer bestimmten…”.

What does Mainstream mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinemainstream

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

How German dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Sammelbegriff für Kultur oder Einstellungen, die einem Großteil der Bevölkerung (oder einer bestimmten Gruppe) zugänglich und verständlich oder zu eigen 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 Mainstream

  • Mainstreams genitive

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce Mainstream?

  • /ˈmeːnstʁiːm/
  • [ˈmeːnstʁiːm]

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

English words that translate to Mainstream

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

How common is Mainstream in German?

Mainstream appears 6.8 times per 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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