Than
German, noun[taːn]
Than is spelled T-H-A-N (4 letters) and appears 4.7 times per million words in written German, the 12,890th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Than is a German masculine noun meaning “thane (rank of nobility in pre-Norman England)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Gefolgsmann des Königs oder eines Fürsten bei den Angelsachsen; seit dem 10. Jahrhundert erblicher…”.
What does Than mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinethane (rank of nobility in pre-Norman England)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Gefolgsmann des Königs oder eines Fürsten bei den Angelsachsen; seit dem 10. Jahrhundert erblicher Großgrundbesitzer
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 Than
- Thans genitive
- Thane nominative plural
- Thanes genitive singular
- Thanen dative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Than?
- [taːn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Than
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Than in German?
Than appears 4.7 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).