Blumenkasten
German, noun[ˈbluːmənˌkastn̩]
Blumenkasten is spelled B-L-U-M-E-N-K-A-S-T-E-N (12 letters) and appears about once in every 13 million words in written German, the 197,584th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Blumenkasten is a German masculine noun meaning “window box, flower box, planter box” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Behältnis zum Einpflanzen von Blumen, welches zumeist auf Fensterbrettern, an Balkonbrüstungen oder Ähnlichem…”.
What does Blumenkasten mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinewindow box, flower box, planter box
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Behältnis zum Einpflanzen von Blumen, welches zumeist auf Fensterbrettern, an Balkonbrüstungen oder Ähnlichem angebracht wird
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 Blumenkasten
- Blumenkastens genitive
- Blumenkästen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Blumenkasten?
- [ˈbluːmənˌkastn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Blumenkasten in German?
Blumenkasten appears about once in every 13 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).