Tango
German, noun[ˈtaŋɡo]
Tango is spelled T-A-N-G-O (5 letters) and appears 4.3 times per million words in written German, the 13,799th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tango is a German masculine noun meaning “tango (dance)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “ein aus Südamerika stammender Tanz mit starkem Rhythmus und Körperkontakt”.
What does Tango mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinetango (dance)
- 2
masculinepilsner mixed with grenadine or (in Westphalia) with one of the red soft drinks Regina or Emsgold
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ein aus Südamerika stammender Tanz mit starkem Rhythmus und Körperkontakt
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 Tango
- Tangos genitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Tango?
- [ˈtaŋɡo]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Tango
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Tango in German?
Tango appears 4.3 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).