Altholz
German, noun/ˈaltˌhɔlt͡s/
Altholz is spelled A-L-T-H-O-L-Z (7 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written German, the 127,251st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Altholz is a German neuter noun meaning “waste wood, scrap wood” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “„Holz, das bereits einem Verwendungszweck zugeführt worden war und als Abfall zur Altholzentsorgung oder als…”.
What does Altholz mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterwaste wood, scrap wood
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. „Holz, das bereits einem Verwendungszweck zugeführt worden war und als Abfall zur Altholzentsorgung oder als Sekundärrohstoff bereitsteht“ 2. ein Bestand, der seine Hiebsreife erreicht hat
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Altholz
- Altholzes genitive
- Althölzer plural
- Altholze dative singular
- Althölzern dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Altholz?
- /ˈaltˌhɔlt͡s/
- [ˈaltˌhɔlt͡s]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Altholz in German?
Altholz appears about once in every 6 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).