Monotonie
German, noun/monotoˈniː/
Monotonie is spelled M-O-N-O-T-O-N-I-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 59,520th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Monotonie is a German feminine noun meaning “monotony (unvarying pitch)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “ermüdende Einförmigkeit; langweilige, ständige Wiederholung”.
What does Monotonie mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemonotony (unvarying pitch)
- 2
femininemonotony, tedium as a result of repetition or lack of variety
- 3
femininemonotonicity, the property of a monotonic operator
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ermüdende Einförmigkeit; langweilige, ständige Wiederholung 2. ständiges Steigen oder Fallen von Funktionen oder Folgen
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 Monotonie
- Monotonien plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Monotonie?
- /monotoˈniː/
- [ˌmoː.no.toˈniː]
- [ˌmɔ-]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Monotonie
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Monotonie in German?
Monotonie appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).