Krankenwärter
German, noun[ˈkʁaŋkŋ̩ˌvɛɐ̯tɐ]
Krankenwärter is spelled K-R-A-N-K-E-N-W-Ä-R-T-E-R (13 letters) and appears about once in every 20 million words in written German, the 257,657th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Krankenwärter is a German masculine noun meaning “synonym of Krankenpfleger” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “jemand, der mit der Pflege von Kranken befasst ist”.
What does Krankenwärter mean in English?
noun
- 1
archaicmasculinesynonym of Krankenpfleger
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. jemand, der mit der Pflege von Kranken befasst 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 Krankenwärter
- Krankenwärters genitive
- Krankenwärterin feminine
- Krankenwärtern dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Krankenwärter?
- [ˈkʁaŋkŋ̩ˌvɛɐ̯tɐ]
- [ˈkraŋkənˌvɛɐ̯tɐ]
- [ˈkraŋkənˌvɛrtər]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Krankenwärter in German?
Krankenwärter appears about once in every 20 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).