Fahrstuhlmusik
German, noun[ˈfaːɐ̯ʃtuːlmuˌziːk]
Fahrstuhlmusik is spelled F-A-H-R-S-T-U-H-L-M-U-S-I-K (14 letters) and appears about once in every 13 million words in written German, the 200,239th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fahrstuhlmusik is a German feminine noun meaning “elevator music” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Musik, die in Fahrstühlen als Hintergrundmusik abgespielt wird (meist ruhige Musik ohne Gesang)”.
What does Fahrstuhlmusik mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineelevator music
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Musik, die in Fahrstühlen als Hintergrundmusik abgespielt wird (meist ruhige Musik ohne Gesang)
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 Fahrstuhlmusik
- Fahrstuhlmusiken plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Fahrstuhlmusik?
- [ˈfaːɐ̯ʃtuːlmuˌziːk]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Fahrstuhlmusik in German?
Fahrstuhlmusik appears about once in every 13 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).