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Serenade

German, noun/zeʁeˈnaːdə/

Serenade is spelled S-E-R-E-N-A-D-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 53,554th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Serenade is a German feminine noun meaning “serenade (love song; instrumental composition)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “ein abendliches Ständchen, als Gesang mit musikalischer Begleitung oder rein instrumental”.

What does Serenade mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    feminineserenade (love song; instrumental composition)

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

noun: 1. ein abendliches Ständchen, als Gesang mit musikalischer Begleitung oder rein instrumental

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 Serenade

  • Serenaden plural

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce Serenade?

  • /zeʁeˈnaːdə/
  • [zeʁeˈnaːdə]

Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to Serenade

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is Serenade in German?

Serenade appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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