Seebestattung
German, noun[ˈzeːbəˌʃtatʊŋ]
Seebestattung is spelled S-E-E-B-E-S-T-A-T-T-U-N-G (13 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written German, the 140,468th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Seebestattung is a German feminine noun meaning “burial at sea” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “feierliche Versenkung der sterblichen Überreste eines Verstorbenen auf See”.
What does Seebestattung mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineburial at sea
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. feierliche Versenkung der sterblichen Überreste eines Verstorbenen auf See
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 Seebestattung
- Seebestattungen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Seebestattung?
- [ˈzeːbəˌʃtatʊŋ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Seebestattung in German?
Seebestattung appears about once in every 7 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).