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ultramontan

German, adjective/ˌʊltʁamɔnˈtaːn/

ultramontan is spelled U-L-T-R-A-M-O-N-T-A-N (11 letters) and appears about once in every 56 million words in written German, the 458,101st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ultramontan is a German adjective meaning “ultramontane” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “(von Italien aus gesehen) jenseits der Alpen liegend, zu diesem Gebiet gehörig”.

What does ultramontan mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    ultramontane

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. (von Italien aus gesehen) jenseits der Alpen liegend, zu diesem Gebiet gehörig 2. seine Gesinnung streng nach der päpstlichen Lehre ausrichtend

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 ultramontan

  • ultramontaner masculine nominative singular
  • ultramontane feminine nominative singular
  • ultramontanes neuter nominative singular
  • ultramontanen genitive masculine singular
  • ultramontanem dative masculine singular
  • der ultramontane definite includes-article masculine
  • die ultramontane definite feminine includes-article
  • das ultramontane definite includes-article neuter
  • die ultramontanen definite includes-article nominative
  • des ultramontanen definite genitive includes-article
  • der ultramontanen definite feminine genitive
  • dem ultramontanen dative definite includes-article
  • den ultramontanen dative definite includes-article

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce ultramontan?

  • /ˌʊltʁamɔnˈtaːn/
  • [ˌʊltʁamɔnˈtaːn]

Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to ultramontan

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is ultramontan in German?

ultramontan appears about once in every 56 million words in written German.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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