Ortswechsel
German, noun/ˈɔʁt͡sˌvɛksl̩/
Ortswechsel is spelled O-R-T-S-W-E-C-H-S-E-L (11 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 60,441st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ortswechsel is a German masculine noun meaning “change of location” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Vorgang, in dem der (momentane Aufenthalts-) Ort geändert wird”.
What does Ortswechsel mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinechange of location
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Vorgang, in dem der (momentane Aufenthalts-) Ort geändert wird
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 Ortswechsel
- Ortswechsels genitive
- Ortswechseln dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Ortswechsel?
- /ˈɔʁt͡sˌvɛksl̩/
- [ˈɔʁt͡sˌvɛksl̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Ortswechsel in German?
Ortswechsel appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).