Gefängniswärter
German, noun[ɡəˈfɛŋnɪsˌvɛʁtɐ]
Gefängniswärter is spelled G-E-F-Ä-N-G-N-I-S-W-Ä-R-T-E-R (15 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written German, the 90,067th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gefängniswärter is a German masculine noun meaning “prison officer, prison guard, prison warder (warder), turnkey (male or of unspecified gender)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Mitglied des Sicherheitspersonals eines Gefängnisses”.
What does Gefängniswärter mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineprison officer, prison guard, prison warder (warder), turnkey (male or of unspecified gender)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Mitglied des Sicherheitspersonals eines Gefängnisses
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 Gefängniswärter
- Gefängniswärters genitive
- Gefängniswärterin feminine
- Gefängniswärtern dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Gefängniswärter?
- [ɡəˈfɛŋnɪsˌvɛʁtɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Gefängniswärter
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Gefängniswärter in German?
Gefängniswärter appears about once in every 4 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).