Symposium
German, noun[zʏmˈpoːzi̯ʊm]
Symposium is spelled S-Y-M-P-O-S-I-U-M (9 letters) and appears 3.3 times per million words in written German, the 16,674th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Symposium is a German neuter noun meaning “symposium” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Treffen/Tagung/Versammlung von Wissenschaftlern zu einem Thema”.
What does Symposium mean in English?
noun
- 1
neutersymposium
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Treffen/Tagung/Versammlung von Wissenschaftlern zu einem Thema
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 Symposium
- Symposiums genitive
- Symposien plural
- Symposion variant
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Symposium?
- [zʏmˈpoːzi̯ʊm]
- [zʏmˈpɔzi̯ʊm]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Symposium
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Symposium in German?
Symposium appears 3.3 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).