Schwellenwert
German, noun/ˈʃvɛlənˌveːɐ̯t/
Schwellenwert is spelled S-C-H-W-E-L-L-E-N-W-E-R-T (13 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 62,285th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schwellenwert is a German masculine noun meaning “threshold, threshold value (of detection, or of a stimulus)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “kleinster oder größter Wert einer Größe, der als Ursache einer wahrnehmbaren Veränderung gilt”.
What does Schwellenwert mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinethreshold, threshold value (of detection, or of a stimulus)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. kleinster oder größter Wert einer Größe, der als Ursache einer wahrnehmbaren Veränderung gilt
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 Schwellenwert
- Schwellenwertes genitive
- Schwellenwerts genitive
- Schwellenwerte plural
- Schwellenwerten dative definite plural
- Schwellwert variant
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Schwellenwert?
- /ˈʃvɛlənˌveːɐ̯t/
- [ˈʃvɛlənˌveːɐ̯t]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Schwellenwert in German?
Schwellenwert 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).