Zusammenklang
German, noun[t͡suˈzamənˌklaŋ]
Zusammenklang is spelled Z-U-S-A-M-M-E-N-K-L-A-N-G (13 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written German, the 136,587th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Zusammenklang is a German masculine noun meaning “"sounding together", a pitch simultaneity, sonority, or a chord in the sense of independent entities sounding together” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “gleichzeitiges, harmonisches Erklingen mehrerer Töne; Akkord”.
What does Zusammenklang mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculine"sounding together", a pitch simultaneity, sonority, or a chord in the sense of independent entities sounding together.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. gleichzeitiges, harmonisches Erklingen mehrerer Töne; Akkord 2. Einklang, Übereinstimmung mit etwas
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 Zusammenklang
- Zusammenklanges genitive
- Zusammenklangs genitive
- Zusammenklänge plural
- Zusammenklange dative singular
- Zusammenklängen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Zusammenklang?
- [t͡suˈzamənˌklaŋ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Zusammenklang in German?
Zusammenklang appears about once in every 7 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).