Rettungsanker
German, noun/ˈrɛtʊŋsˌʔaŋkɐ/
Rettungsanker is a German masculine noun meaning “lifeline (a source of salvation in a crisis)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does Rettungsanker mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinelifeline (a source of salvation in a crisis)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of Rettungsanker
- Rettungsankers genitive
- Rettungsankern dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Rettungsanker?
- /ˈrɛtʊŋsˌʔaŋkɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Rettungsanker
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Rettungsanker in German?
Rettungsanker 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).