Pathos
German, noun[ˈpaːtɔs]
Pathos is spelled P-A-T-H-O-S (6 letters) and appears 2.0 times per million words in written German, the 23,884th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pathos is a German neuter noun meaning “pathos” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “eine leidenschaftliche Ergriffenheit oder ein leidenschaftliches Verhalten”.
What does Pathos mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterpathos
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. eine leidenschaftliche Ergriffenheit oder ein leidenschaftliches Verhalten 2. (übertriebener) Gefühlsausdruck 3. erhabene Feierlichkeit 4. Überzeugung durch rednerische Gewalt und emotionalen Appell
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 Pathos?
- [ˈpaːtɔs]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Pathos in German?
Pathos appears 2.0 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).