BWS
German, noun[…]
BWS is spelled B-W-S (3 letters) and appears about once in every 8 million words in written German, the 148,565th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). BWS is a German noun meaning “abbreviation of Brustwirbelsäule (“thoracic spine”)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does BWS mean in English?
noun
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abbreviation of Brustwirbelsäule (“thoracic spine”)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
abbreviation: 1. Abkürzung für Bruttowertschöpfung 2. Abkürzung für Brustwirbelsäule 3. Abkürzung für „Berührungslos wirkende Schutzeinrichtung“, zum Beispiel ein Sicherheitslaserscanner zur Erkennung von Personen
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce BWS?
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Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is BWS in German?
BWS appears about once in every 8 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).