Mikrowelle
German, noun/ˈmiːkʁoˌvɛlə/
Mikrowelle is spelled M-I-K-R-O-W-E-L-L-E (10 letters) and appears 3.3 times per million words in written German, the 16,674th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mikrowelle is a German feminine noun meaning “microwave, microwave oven” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Spektrum der elektromagnetischen Wellen von 30 cm bis zu 1 mm Wellenlänge (1 bis 300 GHz), wovon der Bereich…”.
What does Mikrowelle mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemicrowave, microwave oven
- 2
femininemicrowave
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Spektrum der elektromagnetischen Wellen von 30 cm bis zu 1 mm Wellenlänge (1 bis 300 GHz), wovon der Bereich um 2,4 GHz zur Wärmeerzeugung eingesetzt wird. Weitere Anwendungsgebiete für Mikrowellen sind Mobilfunk, Radar, Satellitenrundfunk und WLAN 2. Kurzform für Mikrowellenherd
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 Mikrowelle
- Mikrowellen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Mikrowelle?
- /ˈmiːkʁoˌvɛlə/
- [ˈmiːkʁoˌvɛlə]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Mikrowelle
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Mikrowelle in German?
Mikrowelle appears 3.3 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).