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Pentameter

Meaning of "Pentameter" in the German dictionary

DICTIONARY

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD PENTAMETER

lateinisch pentameter < griechisch pentámetros.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF PENTAMETER IN GERMAN

Penta̲meter


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PENTAMETER

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
interjection
article
Pentameter is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PENTAMETER MEAN IN GERMAN?

pentameter

Pentámeter is a terminology of the metric for a six-pointed verse from dactyls, with no reductions following the third and sixth elevations. The name "Pentameter" is thus misleading, with literal translation. The pentameter has been used since antiquity especially in the stanza of the distich in combination with the hexameter.

Definition of Pentameter in the German dictionary

six-footed epic verse divided into two halves by caesura.

GERMAN WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PENTAMETER

Anemometer · Barometer · Demeter · Diameter · Dosimeter · Kilometer · Manometer · Mikrometer · Millimeter · Multimeter · Nanometer · Parameter · Pedometer · Perimeter · Quadratkilometer · Quadratmeter · Tachometer · Thermometer · Voltmeter · Zentimeter

GERMAN WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PENTAMETER

Pentaeteris · Pentaglotte · Pentagon · pentagonal · Pentagondodekaeder · Pentagonikositetraeder · Pentagramm · Pentalpha · pentamer · Pentameron · Pentan · Pentanol · Pentapla · Pentaprisma · Pentarchie · Pentastomiden · Pentastylos · Pentateuch · Pentathlon · Pentatonik

GERMAN WORDS THAT END LIKE PENTAMETER

Altimeter · Chronometer · Densitometer · Dynamometer · Elfmeter · Fieberthermometer · Fluorometer · Foulelfmeter · Geometer · Goniometer · Hygrometer · Höhenmeter · Interferometer · Magnetometer · Ohmmeter · Polarimeter · Radiometer · Rheometer · Spirometer · Wattmeter

Synonyms and antonyms of Pentameter in the German dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «Pentameter» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR

TRANSLATION OF PENTAMETER

Find out the translation of Pentameter to 25 languages with our German multilingual translator.

The translations of Pentameter from German to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «Pentameter» in German.
zh

Translator German - Chinese

五音
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator German - Spanish

pentámetro
570 millions of speakers
en

Translator German - English

pentameter
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator German - Hindi

पंचपदी पद्य
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator German - Arabic

الخماسي التفاعيل
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator German - Russian

пентаметр
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator German - Portuguese

pentâmetro
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator German - Bengali

পঁচস্বরাঘাতযুক্ত চরণবিশিষ্ট কবিতা
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator German - French

pentamètre
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator German - Malay

sajak bersuku lima
190 millions of speakers
de

German

Pentameter
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator German - Japanese

pentameter
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator German - Korean

오보 격
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator German - Javanese

iambic
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator German - Vietnamese

câu thơ năm chữ
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator German - Tamil

சீர்கள் கொண்ட அடி
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator German - Marathi

पाच गण असलेली कवितेची ओळ
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator German - Turkish

beş heceli mısra
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator German - Italian

pentametro
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator German - Polish

pentametr
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator German - Ukrainian

пентаметр
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator German - Romanian

pentametru
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator German - Greek

πεντάμετρο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator German - Afrikaans

pentameter
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator German - Swedish

pentameter
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator German - Norwegian

penta
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Pentameter

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PENTAMETER»

Principal search tendencies and common uses of Pentameter
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Examples of use in the German literature, quotes and news about Pentameter

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2 GERMAN QUOTES WITH «PENTAMETER»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word Pentameter.
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Fürchtegott Christian Fulda
In Weimar und in Jena macht man Hexameter wie der, Aber die Pentameter sind doch noch excellenter.
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Friedrich Schiller
Im Hexameter steigt des Springquells flüssige Säule, Im Pentameter drauf fällt sie melodisch herab.

10 GERMAN BOOKS RELATING TO «PENTAMETER»

Discover the use of Pentameter in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Pentameter and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in German literature.
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Das Gesetz Der Trochaeischen Wortformen Im Dactylischen ...
Sorgf ltig bearbeiteter Nachdruck des Originals von 1878.
Isidor Hilberg, 2013
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Die Gesetze Der Wortstellung Im Pentameter Des Ovid...
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
Isidorus Hilberg, 2011
3
Allgemeine encyklopädie der wissenschaften und künste in ...
Dies darf der Sinn nicht verwifchen. vielmehr muß die Periode hiernach fich bilden und daher muß das im Herameter Enthaltene im Pentameter nicht fieigen. fondern herabfinken. nur vollendet werden. Dies hält Ovid mit den andern Elegikern ...
4
Reallexikon der deutschen Literaturwissenschaft: ...
Jhs. eine aus einem Hexameter und einem Pentameter gebildete metrische Einheit antiker Herkunft. Expl: Das Distichon verbindet einen /' Hexameter und einen Pentameter (s. u.) und hat folgendes metrische Schema: —V(v) —V(v) —V( v) ...
Georg Braungart, Harald Fricke, Klaus Grubmüller, 2007
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Allgemeine encyclopädie der wissenschaften und künste in ...
Hierauf ist der Dichter unerschöpflich in den Wünschen, daß der Knabe leben möge, und läßt die Distichen und rücksichtlich auch die Pentameter beginnen durch: „Vive puer 6eeu8 Italiae ete. , Vive iub»r »oli« eto., Vive »lovi« prnle», Vive ...
Johann Samuel Ersch, 1838
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Allgemeine Encyclopädie der Wissenschaften und Künste in ...
Denn daß zwifchen zweien Hebungen die Senkung fiets paufirt werde. und demnach der elegifche Pentameter völlig gleiches Maß mit dem heroifchen Herameter habe. erhellet aus Theokrit's 29fter Idylle. deren asklepiadifche Verfe die ...
Johann Samuel Ersch, Johann Gottfried Gruber, Johann Georg Heinrich Hassel, 1828
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Ungastliche Gaben: Die »Xenien« Goethes und Schillers und ...
Pentameter holt zurück und schließt ab.<<I3 So charakterisiert Gerhard Storz diesen Dualismus. In Schillers Metadistichon wird er metaphorisch mitvollzogen durch die Bewegung der >>silberne[n] Säule«: ihr Steigen im ersten und ihr Fallen ...
Frieder von Ammon, 2005
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Lateinische Schulgrammatik
2) Der Pentameter. §. 622. Der Pentameter besteht eigentlich aus sechs Füßen, von denen aber zwei, der dritte und sechste, da sie bloß eine Arsis, anstatt der Thesis aber eine Pause von einem halben Tacte haben, hinsichtlich der ...
Sebastian Mutzl, 1832
9
Arbeitsbuch Lyrik
Binder/Haberkamm 1987, S. 37) Pentameter Elegisches Distichon Trimeter Der Pentameter, den sein griechischer Name irrtumlich als ein aus funf Metren bestehendes Versmaß ausweist (griechisch pe ́nte ̈ ̈ 1⁄4 funf), ist ebenso wie der ...
Kristin Felsner, Holger Helbig, Therese Manz, 2012
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Aesthetik: oder die Lehre vom Schönen und von der Kunst in ...
Der Pentameter hat seinen Namen von den fünf Füßen , aus denen er besteht, die aber in zwei Hälften getheilt sind. Er ist daktylischer Natur; die beiden ganzen Füße der ersten, wie die der zweiten Verseshälfte, sind Daktylen. Der halbe Fuß  ...
Franz Ficker, 1840

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PENTAMETER»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Pentameter is used in the context of the following news items.
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Today Deadpool Rewrites The A-Team's Hannibal Into Iambic ...
It is scary how addictive reading Deadpool talking in iambic pentameter is, as written by Ian Doescher and drawn by De Sousa Oliceira in today's Deadpool #21. «Bleeding Cool News, Oct 16»
2
“Henry V:” Shakespeare used the iambic pentameter “to thrill”
Although the actors are on-book, the audience of Henry V forgets as a result of the passion its cast presents. Henry V director Jim Sullivan and Shakespeare ... «WGN Radio, Oct 16»
3
'Pop Sonnets' Finds Hidden Shakespeare In Top 40 Tunes
And then I look for a spot where I can turn a line or an idea in the song into iambic pentameter, and build from there. I always want to start with something that ... «NPR, Oct 15»
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Think iambic pentameter is just for Shakespeare? Cast of 'The Liar ...
Artists Repertory Theatre presents 'The Liar' Wild assumptions, mistaken identities and tangled truths all at a lightning-fast pace … Portland's most comedic and ... «OregonLive.com, Jun 15»
5
Dublin violence in Shakespearean iambic pentameter
Yet its voice is noticeably more measured (measured in Shakespearean iambic pentameter, to be precise). “But Dublin has such skill in stab wound care / For all ... «Irish Times, May 15»
6
Cetera Rolls Out First Allied's Pentameter to Entire Network
According to a statement from Cetera, the new platform, Pentameter, offers advisors a centralized reporting dashboard that will help them determine the ... «ThinkAdvisor, May 15»
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Cetera Financial Group Announces Network-Wide Rollout of ...
Originally developed by Cetera Financial Group member broker-dealer First Allied Securities, Pentameter provides financial advisors with an innovative, ... «PR Newswire, Apr 15»
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'Manra Gul': Wana welcomes onset of spring in iambic pentameter
Scholars, writers, poets and a sizeable audience gathered at the Government High School Kari Kot in Wana, South Waziristan Agency, to welcome spring and ... «The Express Tribune, Apr 15»
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4.23.15: The Great Cursive Debate, Star Wars In Iambic Pentameter ...
Last month the New Hampshire Senate nearly made cursive a mandatory part of public school curriculum. But does the argument for keeping longhand in the ... «New Hampshire Public Radio, Apr 15»
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OKCupid User Sexts Sonnet, Definitely Wins at Online Dating
Shakespearean sonnets also employ a particular meter called iambic pentameter (as specified by the gal with whom this OKCupid user was speaking) — which, ... «Bustle, Feb 15»
REFERENCE
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