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Piano

German, noun/piˈaːno/

Piano is spelled P-I-A-N-O (5 letters) and appears 5.0 times per million words in written German, the 12,256th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Piano is a German neuter noun meaning “piano (musical instrument)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Pianoforte, Klavier”.

What does Piano mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    neuterpiano (musical instrument)

noun

  1. 1

    neutersoft passage, piano passage

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

How German dictionaries define it

adverb: 1. leise

noun: 1. Pianoforte, Klavier

noun: 1. leise Passage in einem Musikstück

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 Piano

  • Pianos genitive
  • Piani plural
  • p abbreviation

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

How do you pronounce Piano?

  • /piˈaːno/
  • [ˈpi̯aːno]
  • [piˈaːno]

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

English words that translate to Piano

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

How common is Piano in German?

Piano appears 5.0 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).

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