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esslöffelweise

German, adjective/ˈɛslœfl̩ˌvaɪ̯zə/

esslöffelweise is a German adjective meaning “tablespoon” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does esslöffelweise mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    tablespoon

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

adverb: 1. mit gefüllten Esslöffeln als Zähleinheit

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 esslöffelweise

  • esslöffelweiser masculine nominative singular
  • esslöffelweises neuter nominative singular
  • esslöffelweisen genitive masculine singular
  • esslöffelweisem dative masculine singular
  • der esslöffelweise definite includes-article masculine
  • die esslöffelweise definite feminine includes-article
  • das esslöffelweise definite includes-article neuter
  • die esslöffelweisen definite includes-article nominative
  • des esslöffelweisen definite genitive includes-article
  • der esslöffelweisen definite feminine genitive
  • dem esslöffelweisen dative definite includes-article
  • den esslöffelweisen dative definite includes-article
  • ein esslöffelweiser includes-article indefinite masculine
  • eßlöffelweise obsolete

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce esslöffelweise?

  • /ˈɛslœfl̩ˌvaɪ̯zə/
  • [ˈɛslœfl̩ˌvaɪ̯zə]

Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is esslöffelweise in German?

esslöffelweise appears about once in every 59 million words in written German.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).