Fallgatter
German, noun[ˈfalˌɡatɐ]
Fallgatter is spelled F-A-L-L-G-A-T-T-E-R (10 letters) and appears about once in every 34 million words in written German, the 343,581st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fallgatter is a German neuter noun meaning “portcullis” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “ein Gitter aus starken unten zugespitzten Balken, das als Zugangssperre auf Toreingänge herabgelassen werden…”.
What does Fallgatter mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterportcullis
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ein Gitter aus starken unten zugespitzten Balken, das als Zugangssperre auf Toreingänge herabgelassen werden kann
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 Fallgatter
- Fallgatters genitive
- Fallgattern dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Fallgatter?
- [ˈfalˌɡatɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Fallgatter
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Fallgatter in German?
Fallgatter appears about once in every 34 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).