Makulatur
German, noun/makulaˈtuːr/
Makulatur is spelled M-A-K-U-L-A-T-U-R (9 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 65,066th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Makulatur is a German feminine noun meaning “spoilage, misprinted paper” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “schadhafte Druckbogen oder unbrauchbar gewordene Druckerzeugnisse”.
What does Makulatur mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininespoilage, misprinted paper
- 2
archaicfemininesynonym of Altpapier (“wastepaper, used paper”)
- 3
femininesomething irrelevant, meaningless, worthless
Durch die neuesten Entwicklungen sind all diese Beschlüsse bereits Makulatur.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. schadhafte Druckbogen oder unbrauchbar gewordene Druckerzeugnisse 2. Altpapier, Abfall in der Papierindustrie 3. Unsinn
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 Makulatur
- Makulaturen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Makulatur?
- /makulaˈtuːr/
- [ˌma.ku.laˈtu(ː)ɐ̯]
- [-kʊ-]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Makulatur
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Makulatur in German?
Makulatur 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).