Empfangsgebäude
German, noun/ʔɛmˈpfaŋs.ɡəˌbɔʏ̯.də/
Empfangsgebäude is spelled E-M-P-F-A-N-G-S-G-E-B-Ä-U-D-E (15 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written German, the 99,595th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Empfangsgebäude is a German neuter noun meaning “headhouse, station building (portion of a passenger railway terminal not housing the tracks and platforms, comprising ticket counters…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does Empfangsgebäude mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterheadhouse, station building (portion of a passenger railway terminal not housing the tracks and platforms, comprising ticket counters, baggage facilities, etc.)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of Empfangsgebäude
- Empfangsgebäudes genitive
- Empfangsgebäuden dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Empfangsgebäude?
- /ʔɛmˈpfaŋs.ɡəˌbɔʏ̯.də/
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Empfangsgebäude
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Empfangsgebäude in German?
Empfangsgebäude 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).