Kurzwelle
German, noun/ˈkʊʁt͡sˌvɛlə/
Kurzwelle is spelled K-U-R-Z-W-E-L-L-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written German, the 129,075th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Kurzwelle is a German feminine noun meaning “shortwave” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “elektromagnetische Welle mit kurzer Wellenlänge (von 10 m bis 100 m)”.
What does Kurzwelle mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineshortwave
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. elektromagnetische Welle mit kurzer Wellenlänge (von 10 m bis 100 m) 2. Wellenbereich von kurzer Wellenlänge, höherer Frequenzbereich (von 3 MHz bis 30 MHz) als Lang- und Mittelwellen 3. Kurzform für Kurzwellentherapie: Heilbehandlung durch Bestrahlung mit kurzer Wellenlänge
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 Kurzwelle
- Kurzwellen plural
- KW alternative initialism
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Kurzwelle?
- /ˈkʊʁt͡sˌvɛlə/
- [ˈkʊʁt͡sˌvɛlə]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Kurzwelle
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Kurzwelle in German?
Kurzwelle appears about once in every 6 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).