Tonart
German, noun[ˈtoːnˌʔaːɐ̯t]
Tonart is spelled T-O-N-A-R-T (6 letters) and appears 1.0 times per million words in written German, the 38,034th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tonart is a German feminine noun meaning “key (scale of musical notes)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “eine Stufenfolge von Tönen (Tonleiter)”.
What does Tonart mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininekey (scale of musical notes)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. eine Stufenfolge von Tönen (Tonleiter) 2. Tonfall, in dem jemand zu jemand anderem spricht
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 Tonart
- Tonarten plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Tonart?
- [ˈtoːnˌʔaːɐ̯t]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Tonart in German?
Tonart appears 1.0 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).