Behältnis
German, noun/bəˈhɛltnɪs/
Behältnis is spelled B-E-H-Ä-L-T-N-I-S (9 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 59,520th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Behältnis is a German neuter noun meaning “container, vessel, vat” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Objekt, das einen Inhalt aufnehmen kann”.
What does Behältnis mean in English?
noun
- 1
neutercontainer, vessel, vat
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Objekt, das einen Inhalt aufnehmen kann
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 Behältnis
- Behältnisses genitive
- Behältnisse plural
- Behältnissen dative definite plural
- Behältniß obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Behältnis?
- /bəˈhɛltnɪs/
- [bəˈhɛltnɪs]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Behältnis
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Behältnis in German?
Behältnis appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).