Hüttenwesen
German, noun[ˈhʏtn̩ˌveːzn̩]
Hüttenwesen is spelled H-Ü-T-T-E-N-W-E-S-E-N (11 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written German, the 118,498th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hüttenwesen is a German neuter noun meaning “metallurgy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Gesamtheit der Verfahren zur Herstellung von Metallen oder bestimmten Legierungen aus Erzen oder…”.
What does Hüttenwesen mean in English?
noun
- 1
neutermetallurgy
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Gesamtheit der Verfahren zur Herstellung von Metallen oder bestimmten Legierungen aus Erzen oder metallhaltigen Abfällen
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 Hüttenwesen
- Hüttenwesens genitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Hüttenwesen?
- [ˈhʏtn̩ˌveːzn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Hüttenwesen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Hüttenwesen in German?
Hüttenwesen appears about once in every 5 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).