Reservoir
German, noun/rezɛrˈvo̯aːr/
Reservoir is spelled R-E-S-E-R-V-O-I-R (9 letters) and appears 1.2 times per million words in written German, the 34,584th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Reservoir is a German neuter noun meaning “reservoir (basin or large tank for collecting liquids, usually water)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Behältnis oder Becken zur Speicherung unter anderem von Flüssigkeiten oder Schüttgütern”.
What does Reservoir mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterreservoir (basin or large tank for collecting liquids, usually water)
- 2
neuterreservoir (large supply of anything, especially natural resources)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Behältnis oder Becken zur Speicherung unter anderem von Flüssigkeiten oder Schüttgütern
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 Reservoir
- Reservoirs genitive
- Reservoire plural
- Reservoiren dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Reservoir?
- /rezɛrˈvo̯aːr/
- [ʁe.zɛʁˈvʋaː(ɐ̯)]
- [ʁə-]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Reservoir
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Reservoir in German?
Reservoir appears 1.2 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).