Paragraph
German, noun/paʁaˈɡʁaːf/
Paragraph is spelled P-A-R-A-G-R-A-P-H (9 letters) and appears 2.3 times per million words in written German, the 21,930th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Paragraph is a German masculine noun meaning “article, paragraph (section of a legal document)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Zeichen (§) zur Aufteilung von aufzählenden Texten”.
What does Paragraph mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinearticle, paragraph (section of a legal document)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Zeichen (§) zur Aufteilung von aufzählenden Texten 2. der durch das Zeichen „§“ gegliederte Textteil 3. Absatz in einem Gesetzbuch oder einem anderen, ähnlich strukturierten rechtlichen Text, insbesondere in einem Vertrag
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 Paragraph
- Paragraphen genitive
- Paragraf alternative
- Paragr. abbreviation
- § symbol
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Paragraph?
- /paʁaˈɡʁaːf/
- [paʁaˈɡʁaːf]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Paragraph
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Paragraph in German?
Paragraph appears 2.3 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).