Frequenz
German
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin frequentia (“crowd, multitude, throng”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [fʁeˈkvɛnt͡s]
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Noun
Frequenz f (genitive Frequenz, plural Frequenzen)
- frequency (the rate of occurrence of anything)
- Synonym: Häufigkeit
- (physics) frequency (the quotient f of the number of times n a periodic phenomenon occurs over the time t in which it occurs)
- Synonym: Schwingungszahl
Declension
Declension of Frequenz [feminine]
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
| nominative | eine | die | Frequenz | die | Frequenzen |
| genitive | einer | der | Frequenz | der | Frequenzen |
| dative | einer | der | Frequenz | den | Frequenzen |
| accusative | eine | die | Frequenz | die | Frequenzen |
Further reading
- “Frequenz” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Frequenz” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “Frequenz” in Duden online
- Frequenz on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de