phön.
German, adjective[foːn]
phön. is spelled P-H-Ö-N (4 letters) and appears about once in every 8 million words in written German, the 148,565th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Phön. is a German adjective meaning “abbreviation of phönizisch (“Phoenician”)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does phön. mean in English?
adjective
- 1
abbreviation of phönizisch (“Phoenician”)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. menschlicher Laut, der der Kommunikation dient (Parole)
noun: 1. Maßeinheit des Lautstärkepegels, also eine psychoakustische für die menschlich empfundene Lautstärke
suffix: 1. nachgestelltes Wortbildungselement mit der Bedeutung: einen Laut, ein Geräusch betreffend oder erzeugend
prefix: 1. vorangestelltes Wortbildungselement, das statt phono- Wörter bildet, wenn das Grundwort mit einem Vokal beginnt
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 phön.
- Fon variant
- Phone nominative plural
- Phons genitive singular
- Phonen dative plural
- phon symbol
- phono- variant
- fon- variant
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce phön.?
- [foːn]
- [ˌfon]
- [ˈfoːn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to phön.
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is phön. in German?
phön. appears about once in every 8 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).