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Pentagon

German, noun/pɛntaˈɡoːn/

Pentagon is spelled P-E-N-T-A-G-O-N (8 letters) and appears 2.4 times per million words in written German, the 21,211th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pentagon is a German neuter noun meaning “pentagon (a polygon with five sides and five angles)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “ein Fünfeck; eine Figur mit fünf Ecken”.

What does Pentagon mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    neuterpentagon (a polygon with five sides and five angles)

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

noun: 1. ein Fünfeck; eine Figur mit fünf Ecken

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 Pentagon

  • Pentagone plural
  • Pentagonen dative definite plural

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce Pentagon?

  • /pɛntaˈɡoːn/
  • [pɛntaˈɡoːn]

Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to Pentagon

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is Pentagon in German?

Pentagon appears 2.4 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).

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