Fluchtgeschwindigkeit
German, noun[ˈflʊxtɡəˌʃvɪndɪçkaɪ̯t]
Fluchtgeschwindigkeit is spelled F-L-U-C-H-T-G-E-S-C-H-W-I-N-D-I-G-K-E-I-T (21 letters) and appears about once in every 25 million words in written German, the 285,944th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fluchtgeschwindigkeit is a German feminine noun meaning “escape velocity” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “die Mindestgeschwindigkeit für das Verlassen von Himmelskörpern”.
What does Fluchtgeschwindigkeit mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineescape velocity
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. die Mindestgeschwindigkeit für das Verlassen von Himmelskörpern 2. das Zurückweichen ferner Galaxien
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 Fluchtgeschwindigkeit
- Fluchtgeschwindigkeiten plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Fluchtgeschwindigkeit?
- [ˈflʊxtɡəˌʃvɪndɪçkaɪ̯t]
- [ˈflʊxtɡəˌʃvɪndɪkkaɪ̯t]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Fluchtgeschwindigkeit in German?
Fluchtgeschwindigkeit appears about once in every 25 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).