Non
German, noun/non/
Non is spelled N-O-N (3 letters) and appears 14 times per million words in written German, the 5,161st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Non is a German feminine noun meaning “15 o'clock (the 9th hour when the first hour is set at 6 o'clock)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “liturgisches Gebet zur neunten Stunde (um etwa 15 Uhr), der Todesstunde Christi”.
What does Non mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminine15 o'clock (the 9th hour when the first hour is set at 6 o'clock)
- 2
feminineprayer at 15 o'clock (the 9th hour when the first hour is set at 6 o'clock)
prefix
- 1
non- (negation prefix)
- 2
non-
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
prefix: 1. un-, nicht
noun: 1. liturgisches Gebet zur neunten Stunde (um etwa 15 Uhr), der Todesstunde Christi
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 Non
- Nonen plural
- None alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Non?
- /non/
- [nɔn]
- [noːn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Non
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Non in German?
Non appears 14 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).