Fahrstuhl
German, noun/ˈfaːɐ̯ʃtuːl/
Fahrstuhl is spelled F-A-H-R-S-T-U-H-L (9 letters) and appears 3.0 times per million words in written German, the 17,848th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fahrstuhl is a German masculine noun meaning “elevator, lift” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Anlage mit der Fähigkeit, durch eine Kabine Personen und Gegenstände vertikal zu befördern”.
What does Fahrstuhl mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineelevator, lift
- 2
masculineellipsis of Krankenfahrstuhl: wheelchair
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Anlage mit der Fähigkeit, durch eine Kabine Personen und Gegenstände vertikal zu befördern 2. Krankenfahrstuhl (Rollstuhl)
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 Fahrstuhl
- Fahrstuhls genitive
- Fahrstühle plural
- Fahrstühlen dative definite plural
- Fahrstuhles genitive singular
- Fahrstuhle dative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Fahrstuhl?
- /ˈfaːɐ̯ʃtuːl/
- [ˈfaːɐ̯ˌʃtuːl]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Fahrstuhl
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Fahrstuhl in German?
Fahrstuhl appears 3.0 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).