Schrittmacher
German, noun
Schrittmacher is spelled S-C-H-R-I-T-T-M-A-C-H-E-R (13 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 55,211th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schrittmacher is a German masculine noun meaning “clipping of Herzschrittmacher (“pacemaker”) (medical device implanted to regulate heart rhythm); colloquial usage includes implantable…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does Schrittmacher mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineclipping of Herzschrittmacher (“pacemaker”) (medical device implanted to regulate heart rhythm); colloquial usage includes implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICD) and cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT).
- 2
masculinenatural pacemaker
- 3
masculinepacemaker, pacesetter; a runner who runs at a specific pace at the start of a race
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of Schrittmacher
- Schrittmachers genitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Schrittmacher?
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Schrittmacher
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Schrittmacher in German?
Schrittmacher appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).