synonym
German, adjective
synonym is spelled S-Y-N-O-N-Y-M (7 letters) and appears 5.5 times per million words in written German, the 11,404th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Synonym is a German adjective meaning “synonymous” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Synonym is a different word: “synonym”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “als Synonym fungierend, mit gleicher Bedeutung”.
What does synonym mean in English?
adjective
- 1
synonymous
noun
- 1
neutersynonym
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ein Wort, das in einem bestimmten Zusammenhang die gleiche Bedeutung hat wie die eines anderen Wortes, gleichbedeutendes (neuzeitlich auch sinnverwandtes) Wort
adjective: 1. als Synonym fungierend, mit gleicher Bedeutung
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 synonym
- synonymer masculine nominative singular
- synonyme feminine nominative singular
- synonymes neuter nominative singular
- synonymen genitive masculine singular
- synonymem dative masculine singular
- der synonyme definite includes-article masculine
- die synonyme definite feminine includes-article
- das synonyme definite includes-article neuter
- die synonymen definite includes-article nominative
- des synonymen definite genitive includes-article
- der synonymen definite feminine genitive
- dem synonymen dative definite includes-article
- den synonymen dative definite includes-article
- Syn. abbreviation
- Synonyme nominative plural
- Synonyma nominative plural
- Synonyms genitive singular
- Synonymen dative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to synonym
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is synonym in German?
synonym appears 5.5 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).