Ölteppich
German, noun/ˈøːlˌtɛpɪç/
Ölteppich is spelled Ö-L-T-E-P-P-I-C-H (9 letters) and appears about once in every 12 million words in written German, the 189,851st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ölteppich is a German masculine noun meaning “oil slick” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “eine Wasserfläche, welche mit einem Ölfilm überzogen ist”.
What does Ölteppich mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineoil slick
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. eine Wasserfläche, welche mit einem Ölfilm überzogen 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 Ölteppich
- Ölteppiches genitive
- Ölteppichs genitive
- Ölteppiche plural
- Ölteppichen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Ölteppich?
- /ˈøːlˌtɛpɪç/
- [ˈøːlˌtɛpɪç]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Ölteppich in German?
Ölteppich appears about once in every 12 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).