Schallloch
German, noun/ˈʃallɔx/
Schallloch is spelled S-C-H-A-L-L-L-O-C-H (10 letters) and appears about once in every 52 million words in written German, the 440,316th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schallloch is a German neuter noun meaning “sound hole” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “offene Aussparung im Korpus von Musikinstrumenten, die zur Erhöhung der Klangfülle sowie für den Schwingungs-…”.
What does Schallloch mean in English?
noun
- 1
neutersound hole
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. offene Aussparung im Korpus von Musikinstrumenten, die zur Erhöhung der Klangfülle sowie für den Schwingungs- und Luftausgleich dient
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 Schallloch
- Schallloches genitive
- Schalllochs genitive
- Schalllöcher plural
- Schallloche dative singular
- Schalllöchern dative definite plural
- Schall-Loch alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Schallloch?
- /ˈʃallɔx/
- [ˈʃalˌlɔx]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Schallloch in German?
Schallloch appears about once in every 52 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).