None
German, noun[ˈnoːnə]
None is spelled N-O-N-E (4 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 41,722nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). None is a German feminine noun meaning “A ninth; an interval of 13 (kleine None, minor ninth) or 14 (große None, major ninth) semitones” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Intervall, das sich aus einer Oktave und Sekunde zusammensetzt”.
What does None mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineA ninth; an interval of 13 (kleine None, minor ninth) or 14 (große None, major ninth) semitones.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Intervall, das sich aus einer Oktave und Sekunde zusammensetzt 2. Zeit des Stundengebets, das um 15 Uhr stattfindet
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 None
- Nonen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce None?
- [ˈnoːnə]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is None in German?
None appears about once in every 1 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).