Oratorium
German, noun[oʁaˈtoːʁiʊm]
Oratorium is spelled O-R-A-T-O-R-I-U-M (9 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 39,859th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Oratorium is a German neuter noun meaning “oratorio” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “mehrteilige Vertonung einer zumeist geistlichen Handlung”.
What does Oratorium mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuteroratorio
- 2
neuteroratory, small private chapel
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. mehrteilige Vertonung einer zumeist geistlichen Handlung 2. kleiner Raum zum Beten
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 Oratorium
- Oratoriums genitive
- Oratorien plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Oratorium?
- [oʁaˈtoːʁiʊm]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Oratorium
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Oratorium in German?
Oratorium 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).