Schneckengetriebe
German, noun/ˈʃnɛkn̩ɡəˌtʁiːbə/
Schneckengetriebe is spelled S-C-H-N-E-C-K-E-N-G-E-T-R-I-E-B-E (17 letters) and appears about once in every 17 million words in written German, the 228,970th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schneckengetriebe is a German neuter noun meaning “worm drive, worm and wheel (gear arrangement consisting of a screw (the worm) whose thread meshes with a gear wheel to turn the direction…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Getriebe, bei dem eine schraubenförmige sogenannte Schnecke ein Zahnrad (Schneckenrad) dreht”.
What does Schneckengetriebe mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterworm drive, worm and wheel (gear arrangement consisting of a screw (the worm) whose thread meshes with a gear wheel to turn the direction of drive through a right angle, typically with a large (1:10 to 1:60) speed reduction and similar torque increase)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Getriebe, bei dem eine schraubenförmige sogenannte Schnecke ein Zahnrad (Schneckenrad) dreht
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 Schneckengetriebe
- Schneckengetriebes genitive
- Schneckengetrieben dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Schneckengetriebe?
- /ˈʃnɛkn̩ɡəˌtʁiːbə/
- [ˈʃnɛkn̩ɡəˌtʁiːbə]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Schneckengetriebe in German?
Schneckengetriebe 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).