Echolot
German, noun/ˈɛçoˌloːt/
Echolot is spelled E-C-H-O-L-O-T (7 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written German, the 102,515th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Echolot is a German neuter noun meaning “echo sounding (sonar used for measuring water depth)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Gerät zur Bestimmung der Tiefe eines Gewässers mithilfe ausgesandter akustischer Signale”.
What does Echolot mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterecho sounding (sonar used for measuring water depth)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Gerät zur Bestimmung der Tiefe eines Gewässers mithilfe ausgesandter akustischer Signale
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 Echolot
- Echolots genitive
- Echolotes genitive
- Echolote plural
- Echoloten dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Echolot?
- /ˈɛçoˌloːt/
- /ˌɛçoˈloːt/
- [ˈɛçoˌloːt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Echolot in German?
Echolot appears about once in every 4 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).