Salzwasser
German, noun
Salzwasser is spelled S-A-L-Z-W-A-S-S-E-R (10 letters) and appears 1.6 times per million words in written German, the 28,576th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Salzwasser is a German neuter noun meaning “salt water” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an umlaut, Salzwässer is a different word: “nominative/accusative/genitive plural of Salzwasser”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “Wasser, in dem Salz (meist Natriumchlorid) in mehr oder weniger hoher Konzentration gelöst ist”.
What does Salzwasser mean in English?
noun
- 1
neutersalt water
noun
- 1
neuternominative/accusative/genitive plural of Salzwasser
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Wasser, in dem Salz (meist Natriumchlorid) in mehr oder weniger hoher Konzentration gelöst ist 2. andere Bezeichnung für Meerwasser (siehe [1])
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 Salzwasser
- Salzwassers genitive
- Salzwässer plural
- Salzwässern dative definite plural
- Salzwassern dative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Salzwasser
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Salzwasser in German?
Salzwasser appears 1.6 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).