Folterwerkzeug
German, noun/ˈfɔltɐvɛʁktsɔɪ̯k/
Folterwerkzeug is spelled F-O-L-T-E-R-W-E-R-K-Z-E-U-G (14 letters) and appears about once in every 49 million words in written German, the 423,336th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Folterwerkzeug is a German neuter noun meaning “instrument of torture” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Werkzeug zum Foltern, zum Foltern eingesetzte Gerätschaft”.
What does Folterwerkzeug mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterinstrument of torture
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Werkzeug zum Foltern, zum Foltern eingesetzte Gerätschaft
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 Folterwerkzeug
- Folterwerkzeuges genitive
- Folterwerkzeugs genitive
- Folterwerkzeuge plural
- Folterwerkzeugen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Folterwerkzeug?
- /ˈfɔltɐvɛʁktsɔɪ̯k/
- [ˈfɔltɐˌvɛʁkt͡sɔɪ̯k]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Folterwerkzeug in German?
Folterwerkzeug appears about once in every 49 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).