Somnambulismus
German, noun/ˌzɔm.nam.buˈlɪs.mʊs/
Somnambulismus is spelled S-O-M-N-A-M-B-U-L-I-S-M-U-S (14 letters) and appears about once in every 35 million words in written German, the 352,658th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Somnambulismus is a German masculine noun meaning “synonym of Schlafwandeln (“sleepwalking, somnambulism”)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Phänomen, bei dem der Schlafende ohne aufzuwachen das Bett verlässt, umhergeht und teilweise auch Tätigkeiten…”.
What does Somnambulismus mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesynonym of Schlafwandeln (“sleepwalking, somnambulism”)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Phänomen, bei dem der Schlafende ohne aufzuwachen das Bett verlässt, umhergeht und teilweise auch Tätigkeiten verrichtet
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce Somnambulismus?
- /ˌzɔm.nam.buˈlɪs.mʊs/
- [zɔmnambuˈlɪsmʊs]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Somnambulismus
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Somnambulismus in German?
Somnambulismus appears about once in every 35 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).