Druckwesen
German, noun/ˈdʁʊkˌveːzən/
Druckwesen is spelled D-R-U-C-K-W-E-S-E-N (10 letters) and appears about once in every 49 million words in written German, the 423,336th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Druckwesen is a German neuter noun meaning “Entirety of infrastructural and organisational facilities related to printing” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Gesamtheit der infrastrukturellen und organisatorischen Einrichtungen, die mit dem Drucken in Zusammenhang…”.
What does Druckwesen mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterEntirety of infrastructural and organisational facilities related to printing.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Gesamtheit der infrastrukturellen und organisatorischen Einrichtungen, die mit dem Drucken in Zusammenhang stehen
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 Druckwesen
- Druckwesens genitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Druckwesen?
- /ˈdʁʊkˌveːzən/
- [ˈdʁʊkˌveːzn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Druckwesen in German?
Druckwesen appears about once in every 49 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).