Temperament
German, noun/tɛmpəʁaˈmɛnt/
Temperament is spelled T-E-M-P-E-R-A-M-E-N-T (11 letters) and appears 2.5 times per million words in written German, the 20,546th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Temperament is a German neuter noun meaning “temperament” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Inneres Erleben eines Menschen in Reaktion auf seine Umwelt und daraus abgeleitet sein Verhalten. Hippokrates…”.
What does Temperament mean in English?
noun
- 1
neutertemperament
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Inneres Erleben eines Menschen in Reaktion auf seine Umwelt und daraus abgeleitet sein Verhalten. Hippokrates beschrieb die Ausprägungen der Temperamente mit cholerisch, sanguinisch, melancholisch und phlegmatisch. Heute gibt es andere Beschreibungen/Einteilungen dieser Ausprägungen. 2. Ausprägung von [1]: sehr starkes aktives inneres Erleben, lebhaftes Gemüt, leichte Erregbarkeit
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 Temperament
- Temperamentes genitive
- Temperaments genitive
- Temperamente plural
- Temperamenten dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Temperament?
- /tɛmpəʁaˈmɛnt/
- [tɛmpəʁaˈmɛnt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Temperament
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Temperament in German?
Temperament appears 2.5 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).