Schleusenwärter
German, noun[ˈʃlɔɪ̯zn̩ˌvɛʁtɐ]
Schleusenwärter is spelled S-C-H-L-E-U-S-E-N-W-Ä-R-T-E-R (15 letters) and appears about once in every 28 million words in written German, the 309,493rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schleusenwärter is a German masculine noun meaning “lockkeeper” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Person, deren Aufgabe es ist, eine Schleuse zu bedienen”.
What does Schleusenwärter mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinelockkeeper
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Person, deren Aufgabe es ist, eine Schleuse zu bedienen
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 Schleusenwärter
- Schleusenwärters genitive
- Schleusenwärterin feminine
- Schleusenwärtern dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Schleusenwärter?
- [ˈʃlɔɪ̯zn̩ˌvɛʁtɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Schleusenwärter in German?
Schleusenwärter appears about once in every 28 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).