Phonem
German, noun/foˈneːm/
Phonem is spelled P-H-O-N-E-M (6 letters) and appears about once in every 9 million words in written German, the 154,802nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Phonem is a German neuter noun meaning “phoneme” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “die kleinste bedeutungsunterscheidende sprachliche Einheit (Langue)”.
What does Phonem mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterphoneme
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. die kleinste bedeutungsunterscheidende sprachliche Einheit (Langue)
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 Phonem
- Phonems genitive
- Phoneme plural
- Phonemen dative definite plural
- Fonem alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Phonem?
- /foˈneːm/
- [foˈneːm]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Phonem
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Phonem in German?
Phonem appears about once in every 9 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).