Roman
German, noun/ʁoˈmaːn/
Roman is spelled R-O-M-A-N (5 letters) and appears 46 times per million words in written German, the 1,852nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Roman is a German masculine noun meaning “novel” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Literaturgattung: Erzählung in Buchform”.
What does Roman mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinenovel
Letztes Jahr habe ich einen Roman gelesen.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Literaturgattung: Erzählung in Buchform 2. ein konkretes Werk in der Form eines Romans
abbreviation: 1. romanisch
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 Roman
- Romanes genitive
- Romans genitive
- Romane plural
- Romanen dative definite plural
- Rom. abbreviation
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Roman?
- /ʁoˈmaːn/
- [ʁoˈmaːn]
- […]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Roman
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Roman in German?
Roman appears 46 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).