Partition
German, noun[paʁtiˈt͡si̯oːn]
Partition is spelled P-A-R-T-I-T-I-O-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 56,036th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Partition is a German feminine noun meaning “partition (section of a hard disk separately formatted)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “das Einteilen von etwas”.
What does Partition mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininepartition (section of a hard disk separately formatted)
- 2
femininepartition (collection of non-empty, disjoint subsets of a set whose union is the set itself)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. das Einteilen von etwas 2. „Zerlegung des Begriffs in seine Teile“ 3. zusammenhängende, aufeinanderfolgende Datenblöcke eines Teils eines Datenträgers 4. Unterteilung von Mengen
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 Partition
- Partitionen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Partition?
- [paʁtiˈt͡si̯oːn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Partition
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Partition in German?
Partition appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).