Kieferhöhle
German, noun[ˈkiːfɐˌhøːlə]
Kieferhöhle is spelled K-I-E-F-E-R-H-Ö-H-L-E (11 letters) and appears about once in every 13 million words in written German, the 197,584th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Kieferhöhle is a German feminine noun meaning “maxillary sinus” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Nasennebenhöhle, die sich in den Oberkieferknochen einstülpt”.
What does Kieferhöhle mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemaxillary sinus
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Nasennebenhöhle, die sich in den Oberkieferknochen einstülpt
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 Kieferhöhle
- Kieferhöhlen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Kieferhöhle?
- [ˈkiːfɐˌhøːlə]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Kieferhöhle in German?
Kieferhöhle 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).