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Kohldampf

German, noun/ˈkoːlˌdamp͡f/

Kohldampf is a German masculine noun meaning “ravenous hunger” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “großer Hunger”.

What does Kohldampf mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    informalmasculineravenous hunger

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

noun: 1. großer Hunger

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 Kohldampf

  • Kohldampfes genitive
  • Kohldampfs genitive
  • Kohldämpfe nonstandard plural possibly
  • Kohldampfe dative singular
  • Kohldämpfen dative definite nonstandard

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce Kohldampf?

  • /ˈkoːlˌdamp͡f/
  • [ˈkoːlˌdamp͡f]

Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is Kohldampf in German?

Kohldampf appears about once in every 10 million words in written German.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).