Sinnbild
German, noun/ˈzɪnˌbɪlt/
Sinnbild is spelled S-I-N-N-B-I-L-D (8 letters) and appears 1.9 times per million words in written German, the 24,663rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sinnbild is a German neuter noun meaning “symbol, allegory” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “konventionalisierte bildliche Darstellung eines abstrakten Sachverhalts”.
What does Sinnbild mean in English?
noun
- 1
neutersymbol, allegory
- 2
neuteremblem, ensign
- 3
neutersymbol
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. konventionalisierte bildliche Darstellung eines abstrakten Sachverhalts
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 Sinnbild
- Sinnbildes genitive
- Sinnbilds genitive
- Sinnbilder plural
- Sinnbilde dative singular
- Sinnbildern dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Sinnbild?
- /ˈzɪnˌbɪlt/
- [ˈzɪnˌbɪlt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Sinnbild
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Sinnbild in German?
Sinnbild appears 1.9 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).