Geigerzähler
German, noun[ˈɡaɪ̯ɡɐˌt͡sɛːlɐ]
Geigerzähler is spelled G-E-I-G-E-R-Z-Ä-H-L-E-R (12 letters) and appears about once in every 8 million words in written German, the 148,565th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Geigerzähler is a German masculine noun meaning “Geiger counter” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “ein Detektor für ionisierende Strahlung, also Alpha-, Beta-, Gamma- und Protonenstrahlung”.
What does Geigerzähler mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineGeiger counter
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ein Detektor für ionisierende Strahlung, also Alpha-, Beta-, Gamma- und Protonenstrahlung
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 Geigerzähler
- Geigerzählers genitive
- Geigerzählern dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Geigerzähler?
- [ˈɡaɪ̯ɡɐˌt͡sɛːlɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Geigerzähler in German?
Geigerzähler appears about once in every 8 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).