Generalschlüssel
German, noun/ɡɛnɛʁˈaːlˌʃlyˑsəl/
Generalschlüssel is spelled G-E-N-E-R-A-L-S-C-H-L-Ü-S-S-E-L (16 letters) and appears about once in every 9 million words in written German, the 161,302nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Generalschlüssel is a German masculine noun meaning “master key (a key that opens a set of several locks)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Schlüssel, der in allen Schlössern eines Schließsystems schließt”.
What does Generalschlüssel mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinemaster key (a key that opens a set of several locks)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Schlüssel, der in allen Schlössern eines Schließsystems schließt
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 Generalschlüssel
- Generalschlüssels genitive
- Generalschlüsseln dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Generalschlüssel?
- /ɡɛnɛʁˈaːlˌʃlyˑsəl/
- [ɡenəˈʁaːlˌʃlʏsl̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Generalschlüssel
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Generalschlüssel in German?
Generalschlüssel appears about once in every 9 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).