Katafalk
German, noun/kataˈfalk/
Katafalk is spelled K-A-T-A-F-A-L-K (8 letters) and appears about once in every 27 million words in written German, the 301,457th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Katafalk is a German masculine noun meaning “catafalque (platform to display or convey a coffin)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Gerüst, auf dem der Sarg bei der Trauerfeier steht”.
What does Katafalk mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecatafalque (platform to display or convey a coffin)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Gerüst, auf dem der Sarg bei der Trauerfeier steht
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 Katafalk
- Katafalkes genitive
- Katafalks genitive
- Katafalke plural
- Katafalken dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Katafalk?
- /kataˈfalk/
- [kataˈfalk]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Katafalk
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Katafalk in German?
Katafalk appears about once in every 27 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).