Gefriertrocknung
German, noun/ɡəˈfʁiːɐ̯ˌtʁɔknʊŋ/
Gefriertrocknung is spelled G-E-F-R-I-E-R-T-R-O-C-K-N-U-N-G (16 letters) and appears about once in every 21 million words in written German, the 264,454th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gefriertrocknung is a German feminine noun meaning “freeze-drying” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Trocknung von tiefgefrorenen Stoffen und Lebensmitteln im Vakuum durch den Prozess der Sublimation”.
What does Gefriertrocknung mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininefreeze-drying
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Trocknung von tiefgefrorenen Stoffen und Lebensmitteln im Vakuum durch den Prozess der Sublimation
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce Gefriertrocknung?
- /ɡəˈfʁiːɐ̯ˌtʁɔknʊŋ/
- [ɡəˈfʁiːɐ̯ˌtʁɔknʊŋ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Gefriertrocknung
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Gefriertrocknung in German?
Gefriertrocknung appears about once in every 21 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).