Tempus
German, noun[ˈtɛmpʊs]
Tempus is spelled T-E-M-P-U-S (6 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 52,012th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tempus is a German neuter noun meaning “tense” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Eigenschaft, grammatische Kategorie des Verbs zur Anzeige einer Zeit oder Zeitstufe”.
What does Tempus mean in English?
noun
- 1
neutertense
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Eigenschaft, grammatische Kategorie des Verbs zur Anzeige einer Zeit oder Zeitstufe
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 Tempus
- Tempora plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Tempus?
- [ˈtɛmpʊs]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Tempus
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Tempus in German?
Tempus 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).