Weltmusik
German, noun[ˈvɛltmuˌziːk]
Weltmusik is a German feminine noun meaning “world music” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Musikrichtung, in der westliche Populärmusik mit traditionellen, nichtwestlichen Musikformen verschmolzen ist”.
What does Weltmusik mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineworld music
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Musikrichtung, in der westliche Populärmusik mit traditionellen, nichtwestlichen Musikformen verschmolzen ist
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 Weltmusik
- Weltmusiken nominative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Weltmusik?
- [ˈvɛltmuˌziːk]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Weltmusik in German?
Weltmusik appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).