Mutex
German, noun[…]
Mutex is spelled M-U-T-E-X (5 letters) and appears about once in every 47 million words in written German, the 412,295th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mutex is a German masculine noun meaning “mutex” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Verfahren, die verhindern, dass nebenläufige Prozesse bzw. Threads gleichzeitig auf Daten zugreifen”.
What does Mutex mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinemutex
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Verfahren, die verhindern, dass nebenläufige Prozesse bzw. Threads gleichzeitig auf Daten zugreifen
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 Mutex
- Mutexes genitive
- Mutexe plural
- Mutexen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Mutex?
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Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Mutex
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Mutex in German?
Mutex appears about once in every 47 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).