Blockwart
German, noun[ˈblɔkˌvaʁt]
Blockwart is spelled B-L-O-C-K-W-A-R-T (9 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written German, the 104,034th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Blockwart is a German masculine noun meaning “neighborhood guard in Nazi Germany” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Zuständigkeitspersonal im Bereich eines Häuserblocks zur NS-Zeit in Deutschland”.
What does Blockwart mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineneighborhood guard in Nazi Germany
- 2
colloquialmasculinea nosy person, especially a nosy neighbor
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Zuständigkeitspersonal im Bereich eines Häuserblocks zur NS-Zeit in Deutschland
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 Blockwart
- Blockwartes genitive
- Blockwarts genitive
- Blockwarte plural
- Blockwarten dative definite plural
- Blockwartin feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Blockwart?
- [ˈblɔkˌvaʁt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Blockwart in German?
Blockwart appears about once in every 4 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).