Gartenrotschwanz
German, noun/ˈɡaʁ.tənˌʁoːtˌʃvant͡s/
Gartenrotschwanz is spelled G-A-R-T-E-N-R-O-T-S-C-H-W-A-N-Z (16 letters) and appears about once in every 19 million words in written German, the 244,602nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gartenrotschwanz is a German masculine noun meaning “the common redstart (a bird in the flycatcher family, Phoenicurus phoenicurus)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Vertreter einer Vogelart aus der Familie der Fliegenschnäpper”.
What does Gartenrotschwanz mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinethe common redstart (a bird in the flycatcher family, Phoenicurus phoenicurus)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Vertreter einer Vogelart aus der Familie der Fliegenschnäpper
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 Gartenrotschwanz
- Gartenrotschwanzes genitive
- Gartenrotschwänze plural
- Gartenrotschwanze dative singular
- Gartenrotschwänzen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Gartenrotschwanz?
- /ˈɡaʁ.tənˌʁoːtˌʃvant͡s/
- [ˈɡaʁtn̩ˌʁoːtʃvant͡s]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Gartenrotschwanz in German?
Gartenrotschwanz appears about once in every 19 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).