Sanitätswesen
German, noun/zaniˈtɛːt͡sˌveːzn̩/
Sanitätswesen is spelled S-A-N-I-T-Ä-T-S-W-E-S-E-N (13 letters) and appears about once in every 9 million words in written German, the 161,302nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sanitätswesen is a German neuter noun meaning “medical service corps” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Gesamtheit aller Einrichtungen, Personen, Regelungen und Prozesse, die mit dem Sanitätsbetrieb zu tun haben”.
What does Sanitätswesen mean in English?
noun
- 1
neutermedical service corps
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Gesamtheit aller Einrichtungen, Personen, Regelungen und Prozesse, die mit dem Sanitätsbetrieb zu tun haben
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 Sanitätswesen
- Sanitätswesens genitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Sanitätswesen?
- /zaniˈtɛːt͡sˌveːzn̩/
- /-ˈteːt͡s-/
- [zaniˈtɛːt͡sˌveːzn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Sanitätswesen in German?
Sanitätswesen appears about once in every 9 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).