Monat
German, noun/ˈmoːnat/
Monat is spelled M-O-N-A-T (5 letters) and appears 98 times per million words in written German, the 886th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Monat is a German masculine noun meaning “month (division of a year, usually one twelfth ≈ 30 days)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Maß zur Festlegung einer Zeitspanne; der zwölfte Teil eines Jahres, der nach dem gregorianischen Kalender 28…”.
What does Monat mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineneutermonth (division of a year, usually one twelfth ≈ 30 days)
bis zum Ende des Monats
- 2
masculineneutermonth (any period of such length)
schon seit einem Monat
- 3
masculineneutermonth (period between two new moons)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Maß zur Festlegung einer Zeitspanne; der zwölfte Teil eines Jahres, der nach dem gregorianischen Kalender 28 bis 31 Tage betragen kann
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 Monat
- Monates genitive
- Monats genitive
- Monate plural
- Monaten dative definite plural
- Monath obsolete
- M abbreviation
- M. abbreviation
- Mon. abbreviation
- Mo. abbreviation
- Mt. abbreviation
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Monat?
- /ˈmoːnat/
- /ˈmoːˌnaːt/
- [ˈmoːnat]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Monat
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Monat in German?
Monat appears 98 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).