Pietà
German, noun[pi̯eˈta]
Pietà is spelled P-I-E-T-À (5 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written German, the 113,526th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pietà is a German feminine noun meaning “pietà (sculpture or painting of the Virgin Mary holding and mourning the dead body of Jesus)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Leidensbild der Mutter Gottes mit dem Leichnam Jesu”.
What does Pietà mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininepietà (sculpture or painting of the Virgin Mary holding and mourning the dead body of Jesus)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Leidensbild der Mutter Gottes mit dem Leichnam Jesu
noun: 1. Leidensbild der Mutter Gottes mit dem Leichnam Jesu
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 Pietà
- Pietàs plural
- Pietà alternative
- Pietas nominative plural
- Pieta alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Pietà?
- [pi̯eˈta]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Pietà in German?
Pietà appears about once in every 5 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).