Drahtseilakt
German, noun[ˈdʀaːtzaɪ̯lˌʔakt]
Drahtseilakt is spelled D-R-A-H-T-S-E-I-L-A-K-T (12 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written German, the 125,379th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Drahtseilakt is a German masculine noun meaning “balancing act, tightrope” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “akrobatische Darbietung eines Seiltänzers auf einem Drahtseil”.
What does Drahtseilakt mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinebalancing act, tightrope
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. akrobatische Darbietung eines Seiltänzers auf einem Drahtseil 2. schwieriges oder gefährliches Vorhaben, bei dem die Balance gewahrt werden muss, um nicht zu scheitern
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 Drahtseilakt
- Drahtseilaktes genitive
- Drahtseilakts genitive
- Drahtseilakte plural
- Drahtseilakten dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Drahtseilakt?
- [ˈdʀaːtzaɪ̯lˌʔakt]
- [ˈdʁaːtzaɪ̯lˌʔakt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Drahtseilakt in German?
Drahtseilakt appears about once in every 6 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).