Timbre
German, noun/ˈtɛ̃brə/
Timbre is spelled T-I-M-B-R-E (6 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 88,766th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Timbre is a German neuter noun meaning “timbre” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “charakteristische Klangfarbe eines Tones, die sich aus Grundton, Obertönen, Geräuschen, Lautstärke und dem…”.
What does Timbre mean in English?
noun
- 1
neutertimbre
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. charakteristische Klangfarbe eines Tones, die sich aus Grundton, Obertönen, Geräuschen, Lautstärke und dem zeitlichen Verlauf der Gesamtheit der Frequenzen ergibt 2. besondere Klangfarbe/Schwingung der Stimme beim Sprechen
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 Timbre
- Timbres genitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Timbre?
- /ˈtɛ̃brə/
- [ˈtɛ̃ː.bʁə]
- [ˈtɛm.bʁə]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Timbre
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Timbre in German?
Timbre appears about once in every 3 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).