Dynamo
German, noun/dyˈnaːmo/
Dynamo is spelled D-Y-N-A-M-O (6 letters) and appears 5.4 times per million words in written German, the 11,619th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dynamo is a German masculine noun meaning “dynamo” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Maschine zur Erzeugung von elektrischem Strom aus mechanischer Energie”.
What does Dynamo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinedynamo
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Maschine zur Erzeugung von elektrischem Strom aus mechanischer Energie 2. kurz für: Fahrraddynamo, Erzeuger von elektrischem Strom für die Fahrradbeleuchtung 3. Bestandteil von Eigennamen von Sportvereinigungen, wie zum Beispiel Dynamo Dresden
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 Dynamo
- Dynamos genitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Dynamo?
- /dyˈnaːmo/
- /ˈdyːnamo/
- /ˈdʏnamo/
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Dynamo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Dynamo in German?
Dynamo appears 5.4 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).