Kilowattstunde
German, noun[kiloˈvatˌʃtʊndə]
Kilowattstunde is spelled K-I-L-O-W-A-T-T-S-T-U-N-D-E (14 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 56,036th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Kilowattstunde is a German feminine noun meaning “kilowatt-hour (kWh)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “eine Einheit für Arbeit und Energie, 1000 Wattstunden, entspricht also 3,6 · 10⁶ Joule; Arbeit, die…”.
What does Kilowattstunde mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininekilowatt-hour (kWh)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. eine Einheit für Arbeit und Energie, 1000 Wattstunden, entspricht also 3,6 · 10⁶ Joule; Arbeit, die erforderlich ist, um eine Masse von einer Tonne eine Stunde lang pro Sekunde um 1 m/s zu beschleunigen
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 Kilowattstunde
- Kilowattstunden plural
- kWh abbreviation
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Kilowattstunde?
- [kiloˈvatˌʃtʊndə]
- [ˈkiːlovatˌʃtʊndə]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Kilowattstunde in German?
Kilowattstunde appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).