Quintenzirkel
German, noun[ˈkvɪntn̩t͡sɪʁkl̩]
Quintenzirkel is spelled Q-U-I-N-T-E-N-Z-I-R-K-E-L (13 letters) and appears about once in every 32 million words in written German, the 330,389th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Quintenzirkel is a German masculine noun meaning “cycle of fifths” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Kreis, in dem die Dur- und Molltonarten dargestellt werden”.
What does Quintenzirkel mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecycle of fifths
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Kreis, in dem die Dur- und Molltonarten dargestellt werden
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 Quintenzirkel
- Quintenzirkels genitive
- Quintenzirkeln dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Quintenzirkel?
- [ˈkvɪntn̩t͡sɪʁkl̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Quintenzirkel in German?
Quintenzirkel appears about once in every 32 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).