Schwerwasserreaktor
German, noun[ˈʃveːɐ̯vasɐʁeˌaktoːɐ̯]
Schwerwasserreaktor is spelled S-C-H-W-E-R-W-A-S-S-E-R-R-E-A-K-T-O-R (19 letters) and appears about once in every 69 million words in written German, the 515,032nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schwerwasserreaktor is a German masculine noun meaning “heavy water reactor” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Reaktortyp, bei dem schweres Wasser (D₂O) als Kühlmittel und Moderator verwendet wird”.
What does Schwerwasserreaktor mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineheavy water reactor
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Reaktortyp, bei dem schweres Wasser (D₂O) als Kühlmittel und Moderator verwendet wird
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 Schwerwasserreaktor
- Schwerwasserreaktors genitive
- Schwerwasserreaktoren plural
- HWR abbreviation
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Schwerwasserreaktor?
- [ˈʃveːɐ̯vasɐʁeˌaktoːɐ̯]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Schwerwasserreaktor in German?
Schwerwasserreaktor appears about once in every 69 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).