Altweibermühle
German, noun[ˈaltˈvaɪ̯bɐˌmyːlə]
Altweibermühle is spelled A-L-T-W-E-I-B-E-R-M-Ü-H-L-E (14 letters) and appears about once in every 93 million words in written German, the 610,218th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Altweibermühle is a German feminine noun meaning “a mill where old women magically become young again” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Mühle, in der auf magische Weise alte Weiber wieder zu jungen Frauen werden”.
What does Altweibermühle mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininea mill where old women magically become young again
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Mühle, in der auf magische Weise alte Weiber wieder zu jungen Frauen werden
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 Altweibermühle
- Altweibermühlen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Altweibermühle?
- [ˈaltˈvaɪ̯bɐˌmyːlə]
- [altˈvaɪ̯bɐˌmyːlə]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Altweibermühle in German?
Altweibermühle appears about once in every 93 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).