Tangente
German, noun[taŋˈɡɛntə]
Tangente is spelled T-A-N-G-E-N-T-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 59,520th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tangente is a German feminine noun meaning “tangent” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Gerade, die eine Kurve in einem Punkt berührt”.
What does Tangente mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininetangent
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Gerade, die eine Kurve in einem Punkt berührt 2. Straße, die dicht an einem Gebiet vorbeiführt
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 Tangente
- Tangenten plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Tangente?
- [taŋˈɡɛntə]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Tangente
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Tangente in German?
Tangente appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).