Kreuzgewölbe
German, noun[ˈkʁɔɪ̯t͡sɡəˌvœlbə]
Kreuzgewölbe is spelled K-R-E-U-Z-G-E-W-Ö-L-B-E (12 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written German, the 138,538th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Kreuzgewölbe is a German neuter noun meaning “a cross vault” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “eine Gewölbeform, die durch zwei sich rechtwinklig schneidende Tonnengewölbe entsteht”.
What does Kreuzgewölbe mean in English?
noun
- 1
neutera cross vault
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. eine Gewölbeform, die durch zwei sich rechtwinklig schneidende Tonnengewölbe entsteht
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 Kreuzgewölbe
- Kreuzgewölbes genitive
- Kreuzgewölben dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Kreuzgewölbe?
- [ˈkʁɔɪ̯t͡sɡəˌvœlbə]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Kreuzgewölbe in German?
Kreuzgewölbe appears about once in every 7 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).