Silbentrennung
German, noun[ˈzɪlbn̩ˌtʁɛnʊŋ]
Silbentrennung is spelled S-I-L-B-E-N-T-R-E-N-N-U-N-G (14 letters) and appears about once in every 13 million words in written German, the 197,584th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Silbentrennung is a German feminine noun meaning “syllabification” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Möglichkeit der Abtrennung einer oder mehrerer Silben eines Wortes durch Divise, um den Raum einer Zeile…”.
What does Silbentrennung mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininesyllabification
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Möglichkeit der Abtrennung einer oder mehrerer Silben eines Wortes durch Divise, um den Raum einer Zeile möglichst gut zu nutzen. Die Trennung orientiert sich weitgehend, aber keineswegs immer an den Silben.
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 Silbentrennung
- Silbentrennungen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Silbentrennung?
- [ˈzɪlbn̩ˌtʁɛnʊŋ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Silbentrennung
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Silbentrennung in German?
Silbentrennung 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).