Dachdecker
German, noun/ˈdaχˌdɛkɐ/
Dachdecker is spelled D-A-C-H-D-E-C-K-E-R (10 letters) and appears 1.5 times per million words in written German, the 29,531st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dachdecker is a German masculine noun meaning “tiler, roofer, slater, thatcher (male or of unspecified gender) (profession)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Handwerker, der ein Dach errichtet, die Eindeckung, Abdichtung und Dämmung eines Daches ausführt und…”.
What does Dachdecker mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinetiler, roofer, slater, thatcher (male or of unspecified gender) (profession)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Handwerker, der ein Dach errichtet, die Eindeckung, Abdichtung und Dämmung eines Daches ausführt und Dachfenster und Solarzellen anbringt
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 Dachdecker
- Dachdeckers genitive
- Dachdeckerin feminine
- Dachdeckern dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Dachdecker?
- /ˈdaχˌdɛkɐ/
- [ˈdaxˌdɛkɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Dachdecker
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Dachdecker in German?
Dachdecker appears 1.5 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).