monoton
German, adjective/monoˈtoːn/
monoton is spelled M-O-N-O-T-O-N (7 letters) and appears 1.1 times per million words in written German, the 36,861st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Monoton is a German adjective meaning “monotonous, monotone (having an unvarying tone or pitch)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “eintönig, einförmig, langweilig”.
What does monoton mean in English?
adjective
- 1
monotonous, monotone (having an unvarying tone or pitch)
- 2
monotonous (tedious, without variation)
- 3
monotone
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. eintönig, einförmig, langweilig 2. ständig steigend oder ständig fallend
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 monoton
- monotoner masculine nominative singular
- am monotonsten superlative
- monotone feminine nominative singular
- monotones neuter nominative singular
- monotonen genitive masculine singular
- monotonem dative masculine singular
- der monotone definite includes-article masculine
- die monotone definite feminine includes-article
- das monotone definite includes-article neuter
- die monotonen definite includes-article nominative
- des monotonen definite genitive includes-article
- der monotonen definite feminine genitive
- dem monotonen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce monoton?
- /monoˈtoːn/
- [mo.noˈtoːn]
- [ˌmoː-]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to monoton
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is monoton in German?
monoton appears 1.1 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).