Ölfass
German, noun[ˈøːlfas]
Ölfass is spelled Ö-L-F-A-S-S (6 letters) and appears about once in every 13 million words in written German, the 202,985th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ölfass is a German neuter noun meaning “oil drum, oil barrel” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Fass, in dem Öl eingelagert ist”.
What does Ölfass mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuteroil drum, oil barrel
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Fass, in dem Öl eingelagert ist
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 Ölfass
- Ölfasses genitive
- Ölfässer plural
- Ölfasse dative singular
- Ölfässern dative definite plural
- Ölfaß alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Ölfass?
- [ˈøːlfas]
- [ˈøːlˌfas]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Ölfass in German?
Ölfass appears about once in every 13 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).