Wortakzent
German, noun/ˈvɔʁtʔakˌt͡sɛnt/
Wortakzent is a German masculine noun meaning “lexical stress” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Hervorhebung einer Silbe im Wort durch Betonung (Dauer, Lautstärke oder Tonhöhe)”.
What does Wortakzent mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinelexical stress
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Hervorhebung einer Silbe im Wort durch Betonung (Dauer, Lautstärke oder Tonhöhe)
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 Wortakzent
- Wortakzentes genitive
- Wortakzents genitive
- Wortakzente plural
- Wortakzenten dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Wortakzent?
- /ˈvɔʁtʔakˌt͡sɛnt/
- [ˈvɔʁtʔakˌt͡sɛnt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Wortakzent in German?
Wortakzent appears about once in every 28 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).