Ingenieurwissenschaft
German, noun[ɪnʒenˈjøːɐ̯vɪsn̩ʃaft]
Ingenieurwissenschaft is spelled I-N-G-E-N-I-E-U-R-W-I-S-S-E-N-S-C-H-A-F-T (21 letters) and appears about once in every 13 million words in written German, the 197,584th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ingenieurwissenschaft is a German feminine noun meaning “engineering (application of science to the needs of humanity)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Wissenschaft, die die Erkenntnisse der Naturwissenschaften nutzt, um technische Aufgabenstellungen – zum…”.
What does Ingenieurwissenschaft mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineengineering (application of science to the needs of humanity)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Wissenschaft, die die Erkenntnisse der Naturwissenschaften nutzt, um technische Aufgabenstellungen – zum Beispiel in Entwicklung, Konstruktion oder Produktion – zu lösen
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 Ingenieurwissenschaft
- Ingenieurwissenschaften plural
- Ingenieurswissenschaft variant
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Ingenieurwissenschaft?
- [ɪnʒenˈjøːɐ̯vɪsn̩ʃaft]
- [ɪnʒeˈni̯øːɐ̯ˌvɪsn̩ʃaft]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Ingenieurwissenschaft
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Ingenieurwissenschaft in German?
Ingenieurwissenschaft appears about once in every 13 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).