Echtzeit
German, noun[ˈʔɛçttsaɪ̯t]
Echtzeit is spelled E-C-H-T-Z-E-I-T (8 letters) and appears 4.5 times per million words in written German, the 13,339th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Echtzeit is a German feminine noun meaning “real time” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “verstreichende Zeit eines Systems, wobei die Änderungsgeschwindigkeit des (simulierten) Systems genau der…”.
What does Echtzeit mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininereal time
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. verstreichende Zeit eines Systems, wobei die Änderungsgeschwindigkeit des (simulierten) Systems genau der Änderungsgeschwindigkeit der Realität entspricht
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce Echtzeit?
- [ˈʔɛçttsaɪ̯t]
- [ˈɛçtt͡saɪ̯t]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Echtzeit
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Echtzeit in German?
Echtzeit appears 4.5 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).