Pulverturm
German, noun[ˈpʊlvɐˌtʊʁm]
Pulverturm is spelled P-U-L-V-E-R-T-U-R-M (10 letters) and appears about once in every 11 million words in written German, the 182,294th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pulverturm is a German masculine noun meaning “powder tower, gunpowder magazine” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does Pulverturm mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepowder tower, gunpowder magazine
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. obsoletes militärisches Gebäude (oft Teil der Stadtmauer) zur Aufbewahrung von Schießpulver
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 Pulverturm
- Pulverturmes genitive
- Pulverturms genitive
- Pulvertürme plural
- Pulverturme dative singular
- Pulvertürmen dative definite plural
- [1] Pulvert. abbreviation
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Pulverturm?
- [ˈpʊlvɐˌtʊʁm]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Pulverturm in German?
Pulverturm appears about once in every 11 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).