Schiffskatastrophe
German, noun/ˈʃɪfskatasˌtʁoːfə/
Schiffskatastrophe is spelled S-C-H-I-F-F-S-K-A-T-A-S-T-R-O-P-H-E (18 letters) and appears about once in every 13 million words in written German, the 195,050th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schiffskatastrophe is a German feminine noun meaning “ship disaster” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “schweres Schiffsunglück mit vielen Todesopfern”.
What does Schiffskatastrophe mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineship disaster
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. schweres Schiffsunglück mit vielen Todesopfern
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 Schiffskatastrophe
- Schiffskatastrophen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Schiffskatastrophe?
- /ˈʃɪfskatasˌtʁoːfə/
- [ˈʃɪfskatasˌtʁoːfə]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Schiffskatastrophe in German?
Schiffskatastrophe appears about once in every 13 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).