Symptom
German, noun/zʏm(p)ˈtoːm/
Symptom is spelled S-Y-M-P-T-O-M (7 letters) and appears 3.9 times per million words in written German, the 14,778th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Symptom is a German neuter noun meaning “symptom, sign” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “etwas, das auf etwas anderes schließen lässt”.
What does Symptom mean in English?
noun
- 1
neutersymptom, sign
Derartige Symptome treten nur für kurze Zeit auf.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. etwas, das auf etwas anderes schließen lässt 2. Ausdrucksseite (Signifiant, Signifikant) eines sprachlichen Zeichens in seiner Funktion, Rückschlüsse auf den Sprecher/Schreiber zuzulassen 3. Anzeichen einer bereits vorhandenen oder sich anbahnenden Krankheit 4. Erscheinungsform eines Fehlers
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 Symptom
- Symptoms genitive
- Symptome plural
- Symptomen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Symptom?
- /zʏm(p)ˈtoːm/
- [zʏmpˈtoːm]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Symptom
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Symptom in German?
Symptom appears 3.9 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).