Serpentine
German, noun[zɛʁpɛnˈtiːnə]
Serpentine is spelled S-E-R-P-E-N-T-I-N-E (10 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written German, the 115,169th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Serpentine is a German feminine noun meaning “serpentine mountain road” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Straße oder Weg, in Schlangenlinien einen Berg hinauf oder hinab führend”.
What does Serpentine mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineserpentine mountain road
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Straße oder Weg, in Schlangenlinien einen Berg hinauf oder hinab führend 2. eine Kurve einer Serpentine
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 Serpentine
- Serpentinen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Serpentine?
- [zɛʁpɛnˈtiːnə]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Serpentine in German?
Serpentine appears about once in every 5 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).