Sedisvakanz
German, noun/zedɪsvaˈkant͡s/
Sedisvakanz is spelled S-E-D-I-S-V-A-K-A-N-Z (11 letters) and appears about once in every 15 million words in written German, the 219,861st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sedisvakanz is a German feminine noun meaning “sede vacante” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Zeitraum, in dem ein Amt, insbesondere ein Bischofsamt, vor allem das Papstamt in der katholischen Kirche…”.
What does Sedisvakanz mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininesede vacante
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Zeitraum, in dem ein Amt, insbesondere ein Bischofsamt, vor allem das Papstamt in der katholischen Kirche, nicht besetzt ist
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 Sedisvakanz
- Sedisvakanzen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Sedisvakanz?
- /zedɪsvaˈkant͡s/
- [zedɪsvaˈkant͡s]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Sedisvakanz in German?
Sedisvakanz appears about once in every 15 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).