Grabenkrieg
German, noun[ˈɡʁaːbn̩ˌkʁiːk]
Grabenkrieg is spelled G-R-A-B-E-N-K-R-I-E-G (11 letters) and appears about once in every 14 million words in written German, the 211,221st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Grabenkrieg is a German masculine noun meaning “trench warfare” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Krieg, bei dem die Gegner vor allem von ihren Lauf- und Schützengräben aus agieren”.
What does Grabenkrieg mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinetrench warfare
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Krieg, bei dem die Gegner vor allem von ihren Lauf- und Schützengräben aus agieren
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 Grabenkrieg
- Grabenkrieges genitive
- Grabenkriegs genitive
- Grabenkriege plural
- Grabenkriegen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Grabenkrieg?
- [ˈɡʁaːbn̩ˌkʁiːk]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Grabenkrieg in German?
Grabenkrieg appears about once in every 14 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).