Krankenwagen
German, noun[ˈkʁaŋkn̩ˌvaːɡn̩]
Krankenwagen is spelled K-R-A-N-K-E-N-W-A-G-E-N (12 letters) and appears 3.2 times per million words in written German, the 17,258th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Krankenwagen is a German masculine noun meaning “ambulance, ambulance car, ambulance van” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Fahrzeug, um kranke oder verletzte Menschen zu transportieren”.
What does Krankenwagen mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineambulance, ambulance car, ambulance van
Rufen Sie einen Krankenwagen!
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Fahrzeug, um kranke oder verletzte Menschen zu transportieren
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 Krankenwagen
- Krankenwagens genitive
- Krankenwägen nominative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Krankenwagen?
- [ˈkʁaŋkn̩ˌvaːɡn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Krankenwagen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Krankenwagen in German?
Krankenwagen appears 3.2 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).