Tonfall
German, noun/ˈtoːnˌfal/
Tonfall is spelled T-O-N-F-A-L-L (7 letters) and appears 2.2 times per million words in written German, the 22,661st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tonfall is a German masculine noun meaning “tone (of voice)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Art und Weise, wie etwas ausgesprochen wird, zum Beispiel zum Ausdruck von Gefühlen”.
What does Tonfall mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinetone (of voice)
- 2
masculineintonation
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Art und Weise, wie etwas ausgesprochen wird, zum Beispiel zum Ausdruck von Gefühlen 2. Veränderung der Tonhöhe 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 Tonfall
- Tonfalles genitive
- Tonfalls genitive
- Tonfälle plural
- Tonfalle dative singular
- Tonfällen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Tonfall?
- /ˈtoːnˌfal/
- [ˈtoːnˌfal]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Tonfall
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Tonfall in German?
Tonfall appears 2.2 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).