Accent

"Accent" in German

Akzent

(orthography: mark to indicate stress)

Akzent

(distinctive pronunciation associated with a region, social group, etc.)

Akzent

(math: mark to distinguish magnitudes of similar kind)

Akzent

(mark to denote feet or inches)

Akzentzeichen

(orthography: mark to indicate stress)

Betonung

(higher-pitched or stronger articulation)

Betonung

(word, significant tone or sound)

Betonung

(prosody: stress on syllables of a verse)

Betonung

(music: recurring stress on a tone)

Betonung

(music: special emphasis on a tone)

Diakritikon

(orthography: any diacritical mark)

Diakritikum

(orthography: any diacritical mark)

diakritisches Zeichen

(orthography: any diacritical mark)

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.