Messwerk
German, noun/ˈmɛsˌvɛʁk/
Messwerk is spelled M-E-S-S-W-E-R-K (8 letters) and appears about once in every 59 million words in written German, the 470,264th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Messwerk is a German neuter noun meaning “The core part of a measuring device that shows the result in a mechanical way, for example by moving a pointer” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “derjenige Teil, das Kernstück, eines Werte erfassenden (messenden) Apparates, der auf mechanische Weise das…”.
What does Messwerk mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterThe core part of a measuring device that shows the result in a mechanical way, for example by moving a pointer.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. derjenige Teil, das Kernstück, eines Werte erfassenden (messenden) Apparates, der auf mechanische Weise das Ergebnis anzeigt, zum Beispiel einen Zeiger bewegt
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 Messwerk
- Messwerkes genitive
- Messwerks genitive
- Messwerke plural
- Messwerken dative definite plural
- Meßwerk alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Messwerk?
- /ˈmɛsˌvɛʁk/
- [ˈmɛsˌvɛʁk]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Messwerk in German?
Messwerk appears about once in every 59 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).