Tenno
German, noun[ˈtɛno]
Tenno is spelled T-E-N-N-O (5 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written German, the 142,439th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tenno is a German masculine noun meaning “tenno (emperor of Japan)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Titel des japanischen Herrschers”.
What does Tenno mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinetenno (emperor of Japan)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Titel des japanischen Herrschers 2. Person, die den Titel Tenno trägt
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 Tenno
- Tennos genitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Tenno?
- [ˈtɛno]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Tenno in German?
Tenno appears about once in every 7 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).