Kraftwagen
German, noun[ˈkʁaftvaːɡən]
Kraftwagen is spelled K-R-A-F-T-W-A-G-E-N (10 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written German, the 104,034th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Kraftwagen is a German masculine noun meaning “car, automobile” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “ein durch einen Motor angetriebenes Landfahrzeug mit Passagierraum, welches nicht an Bahngleise gebunden ist”.
What does Kraftwagen mean in English?
noun
- 1
datedmasculinecar, automobile
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ein durch einen Motor angetriebenes Landfahrzeug mit Passagierraum, welches nicht an Bahngleise gebunden ist
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 Kraftwagen
- Kraftwagens genitive
- Kraftwägen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Kraftwagen?
- [ˈkʁaftvaːɡən]
- [ˈkʁaftˌvaːɡn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Kraftwagen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Kraftwagen in German?
Kraftwagen appears about once in every 4 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).