Plattentektonik
German, noun[ˈplatn̩tɛkˌtoːnɪk]
Plattentektonik is spelled P-L-A-T-T-E-N-T-E-K-T-O-N-I-K (15 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written German, the 142,439th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Plattentektonik is a German feminine noun meaning “plate tectonics” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Theorie der Bewegung der Kontinentalplatten auf der Oberfläche eines Planeten, insbesondere der Erde”.
What does Plattentektonik mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineplate tectonics
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Theorie der Bewegung der Kontinentalplatten auf der Oberfläche eines Planeten, insbesondere der Erde
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce Plattentektonik?
- [ˈplatn̩tɛkˌtoːnɪk]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Plattentektonik in German?
Plattentektonik appears about once in every 7 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).