tedesco
Portuguese, noun/teˈdes.ku/
tedesco is spelled T-E-D-E-S-C-O (7 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese, the 53,784th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tedesco is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “German (native or inhabitant of Germany) (usually male)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “idioma raiz do alemão, falado na Idade Média”.
What does tedesco mean in English?
adjective
- 1
German (of, from or relating to Germany)
noun
- 1
masculineGerman (native or inhabitant of Germany) (usually male)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. referido aos povos germânicos 2. alemão
noun: 1. idioma raiz do alemão, falado na Idade Média 2. o idioma alemão
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of tedesco
- tedesca feminine
- tedescos masculine plural
- tedescas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tedesco?
- Brazil /teˈdes.ku/
- /teˈdeʃ.ku/
- Portugal /tɨˈdeʃ.ku/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is tedesco in Portuguese?
tedesco appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).