Lichtbogenofen
German, noun
Lichtbogenofen is spelled L-I-C-H-T-B-O-G-E-N-O-F-E-N (14 letters) and appears about once in every 30 million words in written German, the 317,631st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Lichtbogenofen is a German masculine noun meaning “electric arc furnace” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an umlaut, Lichtbogenöfen is a different word: “plural of Lichtbogenofen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “Ofen, in dem mit einem Lichtbogen Stahlschrott wieder zu neuwertigem Stahl geschmolzen werden kann”.
What does Lichtbogenofen mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineelectric arc furnace
noun
- 1
masculineplural of Lichtbogenofen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Ofen, in dem mit einem Lichtbogen Stahlschrott wieder zu neuwertigem Stahl geschmolzen werden kann
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 Lichtbogenofen
- Lichtbogenofens genitive
- Lichtbogenöfen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is Lichtbogenofen in German?
Lichtbogenofen appears about once in every 30 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).