Kompass
German, noun/ˈkɔmpas/
Kompass is spelled K-O-M-P-A-S-S (7 letters) and appears 3.3 times per million words in written German, the 16,674th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Kompass is a German masculine noun meaning “compass (navigational instrument)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Gerät, Messinstrument zur Feststellung von Himmelsrichtungen, welches auf dem Prinzip des Erdmagnetfelds…”.
What does Kompass mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecompass (navigational instrument)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Gerät, Messinstrument zur Feststellung von Himmelsrichtungen, welches auf dem Prinzip des Erdmagnetfelds basiert
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 Kompass
- Kompasses genitive
- Kompasse plural
- Kompässe plural uncommon
- Kompassen dative definite plural
- Kompässen dative definite plural
- Kompaß alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Kompass?
- /ˈkɔmpas/
- [ˈkɔmpas]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Kompass
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Kompass in German?
Kompass appears 3.3 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).