Kolonialwarenladen
German, noun
Kolonialwarenladen is spelled K-O-L-O-N-I-A-L-W-A-R-E-N-L-A-D-E-N (18 letters) and appears about once in every 22 million words in written German, the 271,406th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Kolonialwarenladen is a German masculine noun meaning “colonial goods shop (shop with goods imported from German or other European colonies)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an umlaut, Kolonialwarenläden is a different word: “plural of Kolonialwarenladen”.
What does Kolonialwarenladen mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecolonial goods shop (shop with goods imported from German or other European colonies)
- 2
datedmasculinegrocery (regardless of the products' origin)
noun
- 1
plural of Kolonialwarenladen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. veraltet: Geschäft mit Waren (vor allem Lebensmittel) aus den Kolonien/ aus Übersee
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 Kolonialwarenladen
- Kolonialwarenladens genitive
- Kolonialwarenläden plural
- Colonialwarenladen alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is Kolonialwarenladen in German?
Kolonialwarenladen appears about once in every 22 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).