Schrägbalken
German, noun/ˈʃʁɛːkˌbalkən/
Schrägbalken is spelled S-C-H-R-Ä-G-B-A-L-K-E-N (12 letters) and appears about once in every 29 million words in written German, the 313,524th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schrägbalken is a German masculine noun meaning “bend” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “schräg liegender Balken”.
What does Schrägbalken mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinebend
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. schräg liegender Balken 2. diagonaler Balken in einem Wappen
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 Schrägbalken
- Schrägbalkens genitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Schrägbalken?
- /ˈʃʁɛːkˌbalkən/
- [ˈʃʁɛːkˌbalkn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Schrägbalken
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Schrägbalken in German?
Schrägbalken appears about once in every 29 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).