Rohrkolben
German, noun[ˈʁoːɐ̯ˌkɔlbn̩]
Rohrkolben is spelled R-O-H-R-K-O-L-B-E-N (10 letters) and appears about once in every 20 million words in written German, the 254,291st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Rohrkolben is a German masculine noun meaning “cattail, reedmace, bulrush (any of several plants in the genus Typha)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “in Wasser und Sümpfen wachsende Pflanze mit zweiteiligem Blütenstand”.
What does Rohrkolben mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecattail, reedmace, bulrush (any of several plants in the genus Typha)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. in Wasser und Sümpfen wachsende Pflanze mit zweiteiligem Blütenstand
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 Rohrkolben
- Rohrkolbens genitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Rohrkolben?
- [ˈʁoːɐ̯ˌkɔlbn̩]
- [ˈʁoːɐ̯ˌkɔlbm̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Rohrkolben
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Rohrkolben in German?
Rohrkolben appears about once in every 20 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).