Orchestergraben
German, noun
Orchestergraben is spelled O-R-C-H-E-S-T-E-R-G-R-A-B-E-N (15 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written German, the 129,075th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Orchestergraben is a German masculine noun meaning “orchestra pit (the area in a theatre or concert hall where the musicians sit)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an umlaut, Orchestergräben is a different word: “plural of Orchestergraben”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “in Opernhäusern die Vertiefung zwischen Bühne und Zuschauerraum, in dem das Orchester spielt und der Dirigent…”.
What does Orchestergraben mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineorchestra pit (the area in a theatre or concert hall where the musicians sit)
noun
- 1
plural of Orchestergraben
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. in Opernhäusern die Vertiefung zwischen Bühne und Zuschauerraum, in dem das Orchester spielt und der Dirigent steht
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 Orchestergraben
- Orchestergrabens genitive
- Orchestergräben plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Orchestergraben
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Orchestergraben in German?
Orchestergraben appears about once in every 6 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).