Kondensstreifen
German, noun/kɔnˈdɛnsˌʃtʁaɪ̯fn̩/
Kondensstreifen is spelled K-O-N-D-E-N-S-S-T-R-E-I-F-E-N (15 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written German, the 105,614th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Kondensstreifen is a German masculine noun meaning “contrail” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “künstliche Wolken, die von den Abgasen von Flugzeugen oder Raketen erzeugt werden”.
What does Kondensstreifen mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecontrail
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. künstliche Wolken, die von den Abgasen von Flugzeugen oder Raketen erzeugt werden 2. Abrieb von Fäkalien in der Unterhose
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 Kondensstreifen
- Kondensstreifens genitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Kondensstreifen?
- /kɔnˈdɛnsˌʃtʁaɪ̯fn̩/
- [kɔnˈdɛnsˌʃtʁaɪ̯fn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Kondensstreifen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Kondensstreifen in German?
Kondensstreifen appears about once in every 5 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).