Passus
German, noun/ˈpasʊs/
Passus is spelled P-A-S-S-U-S (6 letters) and appears 1.2 times per million words in written German, the 35,124th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Passus is a German masculine noun meaning “passage (section of text or music)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “relativ kurzer Abschnitt eines laufenden Textes”.
What does Passus mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepassage (section of text or music)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. relativ kurzer Abschnitt eines laufenden Textes
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce Passus?
- /ˈpasʊs/
- [ˈpasʊs]
- plural [ˈpasuːs]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Passus
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Passus in German?
Passus appears 1.2 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).