Bootshaken
German, noun/ˈboːt͡sˌhaːkən/
Bootshaken is spelled B-O-O-T-S-H-A-K-E-N (10 letters) and appears about once in every 28 million words in written German, the 305,454th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bootshaken is a German masculine noun meaning “boathook, setting pole” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Stange mit einem Haken (und oft einer Spitze an einem Ende), mit der man beispielsweise Personen in…”.
What does Bootshaken mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineboathook, setting pole
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Stange mit einem Haken (und oft einer Spitze an einem Ende), mit der man beispielsweise Personen in Notfällen, kleine Beiboote, Leinen oder Bojen aus dem Wasser zieht 2. gezeichnete Darstellung von [1] in Wappen
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 Bootshaken
- Bootshakens genitive
- Bootshake alternative
- Boothaken alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Bootshaken?
- /ˈboːt͡sˌhaːkən/
- [ˈboːt͡sˌhaːkŋ̩]
- [ˈboːt͡sˌhaːkən]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Bootshaken in German?
Bootshaken appears about once in every 28 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).