Sanduhr
German, noun/ˈzantˌʔuːɐ̯/
Sanduhr is spelled S-A-N-D-U-H-R (7 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 65,066th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sanduhr is a German feminine noun meaning “hourglass, sandglass” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Zeitmessgerät, in dem feiner Sand in einem festgelegten Intervall von einem oberen in ein unteres Gefäß…”.
What does Sanduhr mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininehourglass, sandglass
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Zeitmessgerät, in dem feiner Sand in einem festgelegten Intervall von einem oberen in ein unteres Gefäß rieselt
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 Sanduhr
- Sanduhren plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Sanduhr?
- /ˈzantˌʔuːɐ̯/
- [ˈzantˌʔuːɐ̯]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Sanduhr
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Sanduhr in German?
Sanduhr appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).