Schmelzofen
German, noun
Schmelzofen is spelled S-C-H-M-E-L-Z-O-F-E-N (11 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written German, the 118,498th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schmelzofen is a German masculine noun meaning “A furnace, specifically to smelt metals, a smelter” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an umlaut, Schmelzöfen is a different word: “plural of Schmelzofen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “bestimmte Anlage/Vorrichtung, in der Metalle flüssig gemacht (geschmolzen) und zu Legierungen verbunden werden”.
What does Schmelzofen mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineA furnace, specifically to smelt metals, a smelter
noun
- 1
masculineplural of Schmelzofen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. bestimmte Anlage/Vorrichtung, in der Metalle flüssig gemacht (geschmolzen) und zu Legierungen verbunden werden
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 Schmelzofen
- Schmelzofens genitive
- Schmelzöfen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Schmelzofen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Schmelzofen in German?
Schmelzofen appears about once in every 5 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).