how to pronounce diabetes

/diaˈbeːtəs/

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the above transcription of diabetes is a detailed (narrow) transcription according to the rules of the International Phonetic Association; you can find a description of each symbol by clicking the phoneme buttons in the secction below.

diabetes is pronounced in four syllables

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An example use of diabetes in a speech by a native speaker of standard german:

“… ich bald hier diabetes kollege polizei …”

meanings of diabetes

noun:

Diabetes.

diabetes frequency in german - C2 level of CEFR

the word diabetes occurs in german on average 5.6 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

words with pronunciation similar to diabetes

diabetiker