Eigenwärme
German, noun[ˈaɪ̯ɡn̩ˌvɛʁmə]
Eigenwärme is spelled E-I-G-E-N-W-Ä-R-M-E (10 letters) and appears about once in every 78 million words in written German, the 549,996th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Eigenwärme is a German feminine noun meaning “body heat (heat generated by a person, animal, machine etc)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Wärme, die in einem Lebewesen oder Gegenstand vorhanden ist”.
What does Eigenwärme mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininebody heat (heat generated by a person, animal, machine etc)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Wärme, die in einem Lebewesen oder Gegenstand vorhanden ist
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 Eigenwärme?
- [ˈaɪ̯ɡn̩ˌvɛʁmə]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Eigenwärme in German?
Eigenwärme appears about once in every 78 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).