Thema
German, noun/ˈteːma/
Thema is spelled T-H-E-M-A (5 letters) and appears 229 times per million words in written German, the 386th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Thema is a German neuter noun meaning “topic, subject, issue” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “gedanklicher Mittelpunkt”.
What does Thema mean in English?
noun
- 1
neutertopic, subject, issue
Das Thema hatten wir schon.
- 2
neutertheme
- 3
archaicneutertheme (stem of an inflected word)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. gedanklicher Mittelpunkt 2. gemeinsamer Fokus einer Gesprächsgruppe 3. Hauptteil, dessen Ideen oder Harmoniefolgen in Improvisationen oder weiteren Teilen ausgearbeitet, paraphrasiert oder imitiert werden 4. Gegenstand oder Grundgedanke zum Beispiel einer schriftlichen Arbeit oder eines literarischen Werkes
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 Thema
- Themas genitive
- Themen plural
- Themata honorific plural
- Themchen diminutive neuter
- Themachen diminutive neuter
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Thema?
- /ˈteːma/
- [ˈteːma]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Thema
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Thema in German?
Thema appears 229 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).