Kraftmaschine
German, noun/ˈkʁaftmaˌʃiːnə/
Kraftmaschine is spelled K-R-A-F-T-M-A-S-C-H-I-N-E (13 letters) and appears about once in every 25 million words in written German, the 285,944th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Kraftmaschine is a German feminine noun meaning “prime mover (machine, such as a water wheel or steam engine, that receives and modifies energy as supplied by some natural source or fuel…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Maschine, die verschiedene Energieformen wie Wasserenergie, Windenergie oder Wärmeenergie, in Antriebskraft…”.
What does Kraftmaschine mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineprime mover (machine, such as a water wheel or steam engine, that receives and modifies energy as supplied by some natural source or fuel and transforms it into mechanical work)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Maschine, die verschiedene Energieformen wie Wasserenergie, Windenergie oder Wärmeenergie, in Antriebskraft (mechanische Energie) umwandelt
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 Kraftmaschine
- Kraftmaschinen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Kraftmaschine?
- /ˈkʁaftmaˌʃiːnə/
- [ˈkʁaftmaˌʃiːnə]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Kraftmaschine in German?
Kraftmaschine appears about once in every 25 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).