Kegelschnitt
German, noun[ˈkeːɡl̩ˌʃnɪt]
Kegelschnitt is spelled K-E-G-E-L-S-C-H-N-I-T-T (12 letters) and appears about once in every 19 million words in written German, the 244,602nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Kegelschnitt is a German masculine noun meaning “conic section” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “ebene Kurve mit quadratischer Gleichung, die auch als Schnitt eines Kegels mit einer Ebene gewonnen werden…”.
What does Kegelschnitt mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineconic section
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ebene Kurve mit quadratischer Gleichung, die auch als Schnitt eines Kegels mit einer Ebene gewonnen werden kann
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 Kegelschnitt
- Kegelschnittes genitive
- Kegelschnitts genitive
- Kegelschnitte plural
- Kegelschnitten dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Kegelschnitt?
- [ˈkeːɡl̩ˌʃnɪt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Kegelschnitt in German?
Kegelschnitt appears about once in every 19 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).