Schallwelle
German, noun[ˈʃalˌvɛlə]
Schallwelle is spelled S-C-H-A-L-L-W-E-L-L-E (11 letters) and appears about once in every 17 million words in written German, the 228,970th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schallwelle is a German feminine noun meaning “sound wave” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “durch Übertragen von Schwingungen eines schwingungsfähigen Körpers (in allen Aggregatzuständen vorliegbar)…”.
What does Schallwelle mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininesound wave
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. durch Übertragen von Schwingungen eines schwingungsfähigen Körpers (in allen Aggregatzuständen vorliegbar) gebildete fortschreitende Einheit von Energiezustandsverteilungen
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 Schallwelle
- Schallwellen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Schallwelle?
- [ˈʃalˌvɛlə]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Schallwelle in German?
Schallwelle appears about once in every 17 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).