Betreffzeile
German, noun/bəˈtʁɛfˌt͡saɪ̯lə/
Betreffzeile is spelled B-E-T-R-E-F-F-Z-E-I-L-E (12 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written German, the 121,881st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Betreffzeile is a German feminine noun meaning “subject line (of an e-mail)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “die erste Zeile in einem Schreiben, in der angegeben wird, worum es im Text geht”.
What does Betreffzeile mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininesubject line (of an e-mail)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. die erste Zeile in einem Schreiben, in der angegeben wird, worum es im Text geht
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 Betreffzeile
- Betreffzeilen plural
- Betreff-Zeile alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Betreffzeile?
- /bəˈtʁɛfˌt͡saɪ̯lə/
- [bəˈtʁɛfˌt͡saɪ̯lə]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Betreffzeile in German?
Betreffzeile 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).