Rhythmus
German, noun/ˈʁʏtmʊs/
Rhythmus is spelled R-H-Y-T-H-M-U-S (8 letters) and appears 10 times per million words in written German, the 6,780th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Rhythmus is a German masculine noun meaning “rhythm (variation of strong and weak emphasis over time, e.g. in music or speech)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “regelmäßige Abfolgen von Mustern als Folge unterschiedlicher Tondauer”.
What does Rhythmus mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinerhythm (variation of strong and weak emphasis over time, e.g. in music or speech)
- 2
masculinepattern, rhythm (series of repetitive events or actions spaced out evenly)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. regelmäßige Abfolgen von Mustern als Folge unterschiedlicher Tondauer 2. regelmäßige Abfolgen von Mustern als zeitliche Gliederung der sprachlichen Rede 3. regelmäßige Abfolgen von verschiedenen Akzentmustern 4. regelmäßige Abfolgen von Mustern als rhetorisches Mittel zum besseren Sprachfluss
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 Rhythmus
- Rhythmen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Rhythmus?
- /ˈʁʏtmʊs/
- [ˈʁʏtmʊs]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Rhythmus
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Rhythmus in German?
Rhythmus appears 10 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).