Sezessionskrieg
German, noun[zet͡sɛˈsi̯oːnsˌkʁiːk]
Sezessionskrieg is spelled S-E-Z-E-S-S-I-O-N-S-K-R-I-E-G (15 letters) and appears about once in every 13 million words in written German, the 197,584th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sezessionskrieg is a German masculine noun meaning “a war of secession” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “kriegerische Auseinandersetzung zwischen den Nordstaaten und den Südstaaten in Nordamerika (1861 bis 1865)”.
What does Sezessionskrieg mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinea war of secession
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. kriegerische Auseinandersetzung zwischen den Nordstaaten und den Südstaaten in Nordamerika (1861 bis 1865) 2. Bürgerkrieg, der aufgrund der Bestrebung eines Landesteils zur Abspaltung (Sezession) und damit zur Erlangung der Unabhängigkeit geführt 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 Sezessionskrieg
- Sezessionskrieges genitive
- Sezessionskriegs genitive
- Sezessionskriege plural
- Sezessionskriegen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Sezessionskrieg?
- [zet͡sɛˈsi̯oːnsˌkʁiːk]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Sezessionskrieg in German?
Sezessionskrieg appears about once in every 13 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).