Harnverhalt
German, noun/ˈhaʁnfɛɐ̯ˌhalt/
Harnverhalt is spelled H-A-R-N-V-E-R-H-A-L-T (11 letters) and appears about once in every 32 million words in written German, the 334,656th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Harnverhalt is a German masculine noun meaning “ischury, urinary retention” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Unfähigkeit, urinieren zu können”.
What does Harnverhalt mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineischury, urinary retention
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Unfähigkeit, urinieren zu können
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 Harnverhalt
- Harnverhaltes genitive
- Harnverhalts genitive
- Harnverhalte plural
- Harnverhalten dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Harnverhalt?
- /ˈhaʁnfɛɐ̯ˌhalt/
- [ˈhaʁnfɛɐ̯ˌhalt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Harnverhalt in German?
Harnverhalt appears about once in every 32 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).