Wesenszug
German, noun/ˈveːzn̩sˌt͡suːk/
Wesenszug is spelled W-E-S-E-N-S-Z-U-G (9 letters) and appears about once in every 8 million words in written German, the 152,733rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Wesenszug is a German masculine noun meaning “trait, characteristic” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “charakteristische, das Wesen bestimmende Eigenschaft einer Person oder Sache”.
What does Wesenszug mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinetrait, characteristic
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. charakteristische, das Wesen bestimmende Eigenschaft einer Person oder Sache
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 Wesenszug
- Wesenszuges genitive
- Wesenszugs genitive
- Wesenszüge plural
- Wesenszuge dative singular
- Wesenszügen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Wesenszug?
- /ˈveːzn̩sˌt͡suːk/
- [ˈveːzn̩sˌt͡suːk]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Wesenszug in German?
Wesenszug appears about once in every 8 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).