Parenthese
German, noun/paʁɛnˈteːzə/
Parenthese is spelled P-A-R-E-N-T-H-E-S-E (10 letters) and appears about once in every 56 million words in written German, the 458,101st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Parenthese is a German feminine noun meaning “parenthesis” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Einschub in einen Satz, der mit diesem Satz keine grammatische Verbindung hat”.
What does Parenthese mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineparenthesis
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Einschub in einen Satz, der mit diesem Satz keine grammatische Verbindung hat 2. Satzzeichen (Gedankenstriche, Klammern oder Kommas), mit denen ein Einschub in den Satz markiert wird
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 Parenthese
- Parenthesen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Parenthese?
- /paʁɛnˈteːzə/
- [paʁɛnˈteːzə]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Parenthese
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Parenthese in German?
Parenthese appears about once in every 56 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).