Pentameter
German, noun[pɛnˈtaːmetɐ]
Pentameter is spelled P-E-N-T-A-M-E-T-E-R (10 letters) and appears about once in every 30 million words in written German, the 321,814th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pentameter is a German masculine noun meaning “pentameter” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “antiker, in der Regel daktylischer Vers mit insgesamt sechs Hebungen, der aus zwei metrisch gleichen Kola ( –…”.
What does Pentameter mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepentameter
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. antiker, in der Regel daktylischer Vers mit insgesamt sechs Hebungen, der aus zwei metrisch gleichen Kola ( – ⏑ ⏑ – ⏑ ⏑ – | – ⏑ ⏑ – ⏑ ⏑ – ) besteht, wobei nur die ersten zwei Daktylen durch Spondeen ersetzt werden dürfen
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 Pentameter
- Pentameters genitive
- Pentametern dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Pentameter?
- [pɛnˈtaːmetɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Pentameter in German?
Pentameter appears about once in every 30 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).