Parsec
German, noun/paʁˈzɛk/
Parsec is spelled P-A-R-S-E-C (6 letters) and appears about once in every 13 million words in written German, the 195,050th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Parsec is a German neuter noun meaning “parsec (parallax second)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Parallaxensekunde oder parallaktische Sekunde, eine astronomische Längeneinheit, die etwa 3,26 Lichtjahren…”.
What does Parsec mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterparsec (parallax second)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Parallaxensekunde oder parallaktische Sekunde, eine astronomische Längeneinheit, die etwa 3,26 Lichtjahren entspricht
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 Parsec
- pc abbreviation
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Parsec?
- /paʁˈzɛk/
- [paʁˈzɛk]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Parsec
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Parsec in German?
Parsec appears about once in every 13 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).