Flaschenzug
German, noun[ˈflaʃn̩ˌt͡suːk]
Flaschenzug is spelled F-L-A-S-C-H-E-N-Z-U-G (11 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written German, the 110,302nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Flaschenzug is a German masculine noun meaning “block and tackle; polyspast” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “eine aus festen Rollen und/oder losen Rollen und einem Seil oder Ähnlichem bestehende technische Vorrichtung…”.
What does Flaschenzug mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineblock and tackle; polyspast
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. eine aus festen Rollen und/oder losen Rollen und einem Seil oder Ähnlichem bestehende technische Vorrichtung zum Bewegen von Lasten
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 Flaschenzug
- Flaschenzuges genitive
- Flaschenzugs genitive
- Flaschenzüge plural
- Flaschenzuge dative singular
- Flaschenzügen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Flaschenzug?
- [ˈflaʃn̩ˌt͡suːk]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Flaschenzug
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Flaschenzug in German?
Flaschenzug appears about once in every 5 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).