Sonorität
German, noun/ˌzonoʁiˈtɛːt/
Sonorität is spelled S-O-N-O-R-I-T-Ä-T (9 letters) and appears about once in every 65 million words in written German, the 495,385th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sonorität is a German feminine noun meaning “sonority” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Eigenschaft der Stimme oder eines Lautes, voll, volltönend und stimmhaft (sonor) zu sein”.
What does Sonorität mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininesonority
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Eigenschaft der Stimme oder eines Lautes, voll, volltönend und stimmhaft (sonor) zu sein
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 Sonorität?
- /ˌzonoʁiˈtɛːt/
- [ˌzonoʁiˈtɛːt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Sonorität in German?
Sonorität appears about once in every 65 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).