Dämpfung
German, noun[ˈdɛmp͡fʊŋ]
Dämpfung is spelled D-Ä-M-P-F-U-N-G (8 letters) and appears 1.5 times per million words in written German, the 29,051st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dämpfung is a German feminine noun meaning “attenuation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Maßnahme oder Vorrichtung zur Verringerung, Abschwächung von Vorgängen oder Entwicklungen”.
What does Dämpfung mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineattenuation
- 2
femininedamping
- 3
femininedecay
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Maßnahme oder Vorrichtung zur Verringerung, Abschwächung von Vorgängen oder Entwicklungen 2. Widerstand, der mechanische oder elektrische Schwingungen abklingen lässt
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 Dämpfung
- Dämpfungen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Dämpfung?
- [ˈdɛmp͡fʊŋ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Dämpfung
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Dämpfung in German?
Dämpfung 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).