Sermon
German, noun/zɛʁˈmoːn/
Sermon is spelled S-E-R-M-O-N (6 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written German, the 104,034th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sermon is a German masculine noun meaning “a long, tedious speech” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “weitschweifige, langweilige Rede”.
What does Sermon mean in English?
noun
- 1
derogatorymasculinea long, tedious speech
- 2
masculineobsoletesermon (religious discourse)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. weitschweifige, langweilige Rede 2. Rede, in der die biblische Botschaft verkündet wird
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 Sermon
- Sermones genitive
- Sermons genitive
- Sermone plural
- Sermonen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Sermon?
- /zɛʁˈmoːn/
- [zɛʁˈmoːn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Sermon
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Sermon in German?
Sermon appears about once in every 4 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).