Leichenwagen
German, noun
Leichenwagen is spelled L-E-I-C-H-E-N-W-A-G-E-N (12 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 71,199th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Leichenwagen is a German masculine noun meaning “hearse” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an umlaut, Leichenwägen is a different word: “plural of Leichenwagen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “Fahrzeug, das dazu dient, Tote zu transportieren”.
What does Leichenwagen mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinehearse
noun
- 1
masculineplural of Leichenwagen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Fahrzeug, das dazu dient, Tote 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 Leichenwagen
- Leichenwagens genitive
- Leichenwägen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Leichenwagen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Leichenwagen in German?
Leichenwagen appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).