stimmlos
voiceless (linguistics)
English translations
- 01
voiceless
- 02
unvoiced
Word details
- German meaning
- Stimmlos bedeutet, dass ein Laut ohne Vibration der Stimmbänder erzeugt wird.
- English meaning
- Voiceless means that a sound is produced without vibration of the vocal cords.
- Synonym
- tonlos
- German example
- Das 'p' in 'Topf' ist ein stimmloser Konsonant.
- English example
- The 'p' in 'pot' is a voiceless consonant.
- Opposite of
- voiceless, spoken without vibration of the vocal cords, unvoicedstimmhaft / tönend
Related words
- stimmhaft
Voiced
- Tenuis
In phonetics, a tenuis is a voiceless stop consonant without aspiration.
- Auslautverhärtung
Final-obstruent devoicing
Example sentences with “stimmlos”
Das 's' in 'Haus' ist stimmlos. (The 's' in 'Haus' is voiceless.)
Frequently asked questions
What is a voiceless sound?
A sound produced without vibrating the vocal cords.