Sandhi
German, noun/ˈzan.di/
Sandhi is a German masculine noun meaning “sandhi (phonological process)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “lautliche Veränderung eines Anlauts unter dem Einfluss eines vorausgehenden Auslauts oder eines Auslauts…”.
What does Sandhi mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineneutersandhi (phonological process)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. lautliche Veränderung eines Anlauts unter dem Einfluss eines vorausgehenden Auslauts oder eines Auslauts unter Einfluss eines folgenden Anlauts im Wort oder zwischen Wörtern
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 Sandhi
- Sandhis genitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Sandhi?
- /ˈzan.di/
- [ˈzandi]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Sandhi
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Sandhi in German?
Sandhi appears about once in every 65 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).