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)

1. frequency (the rate of occurrence of anything)

   Synonym: Häufigkeit

2. (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