Geschwindigkeit
German, noun/ɡəˈʃvɪndɪçkaɪ̯t/
Geschwindigkeit is spelled G-E-S-C-H-W-I-N-D-I-G-K-E-I-T (15 letters) and appears 30 times per million words in written German, the 2,718th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Geschwindigkeit is a German feminine noun meaning “speed, pace, tempo, velocity, rate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Verhältnis von zurückgelegter Strecke zur dafür benötigten Zeit (Geschwindigkeit = Strecke/Zeit)”.
What does Geschwindigkeit mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininespeed, pace, tempo, velocity, rate
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Verhältnis von zurückgelegter Strecke zur dafür benötigten Zeit (Geschwindigkeit = Strecke/Zeit) 2. Schnelligkeit, Tempo
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 Geschwindigkeit
- Geschwindigkeiten plural
- Geschw. abbreviation
- Geschwindigk. abbreviation
- v symbol physics
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Geschwindigkeit?
- /ɡəˈʃvɪndɪçkaɪ̯t/
- [-kʰaɪ̯tʰ]
- [ɡəˈʃvɪndɪçkaɪ̯t]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Geschwindigkeit
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Geschwindigkeit in German?
Geschwindigkeit appears 30 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).