Mahlwerk
German, noun/ˈmaːlˌvɛʁk/
Mahlwerk is spelled M-A-H-L-W-E-R-K (8 letters) and appears about once in every 8 million words in written German, the 152,733rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mahlwerk is a German neuter noun meaning “grinder, grinding mill, grinding gear, burr (functional unit of an apparatus that breaks solid materials into smaller pieces)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “technische Anlage, in der feste Stoffe zwischen sich bewegenden Platten gerieben und gequetscht und dadurch…”.
What does Mahlwerk mean in English?
noun
- 1
neutergrinder, grinding mill, grinding gear, burr (functional unit of an apparatus that breaks solid materials into smaller pieces)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. technische Anlage, in der feste Stoffe zwischen sich bewegenden Platten gerieben und gequetscht und dadurch zerkleinert werden
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 Mahlwerk
- Mahlwerks genitive
- Mahlwerke plural
- Mahlwerkes genitive singular
- Mahlwerken dative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Mahlwerk?
- /ˈmaːlˌvɛʁk/
- [ˈmaːlˌvɛʁk]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Mahlwerk
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Mahlwerk in German?
Mahlwerk appears about once in every 8 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).