Elefantenrüssel
German, noun[ʔe.ləˈfantn̩ˌʁʏsl̩]
Elefantenrüssel is spelled E-L-E-F-A-N-T-E-N-R-Ü-S-S-E-L (15 letters) and appears about once in every 35 million words in written German, the 348,070th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Elefantenrüssel is a German masculine noun meaning “elephant's trunk” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “verlängerter Teil der Nase eines Elefanten”.
What does Elefantenrüssel mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineelephant's trunk
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. verlängerter Teil der Nase eines Elefanten
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 Elefantenrüssel
- Elefantenrüssels genitive
- Elefantenrüsseln dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Elefantenrüssel?
- [ʔe.ləˈfantn̩ˌʁʏsl̩]
- [eləˈfantn̩ˌʁʏsl̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Elefantenrüssel in German?
Elefantenrüssel appears about once in every 35 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).