Makron
German, noun/ˈmakʁɔn/
Makron is spelled M-A-K-R-O-N (6 letters) and appears about once in every 69 million words in written German, the 515,032nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Makron is a German neuter noun meaning “macron” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “diakritisches Zeichen, das besondere Aussprache – meist Länge – des Buchstabens angibt”.
What does Makron mean in English?
noun
- 1
neutermacron
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. diakritisches Zeichen, das besondere Aussprache – meist Länge – des Buchstabens angibt
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 Makron
- Makrons genitive
- Makra plural
- Macron alternative
- ¯ symbol
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Makron?
- /ˈmakʁɔn/
- [ˈmakʁɔn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Makron
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Makron in German?
Makron appears about once in every 69 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).