senkrecht
German, adjective/ˈzɛŋkˌʁɛçt/
senkrecht is spelled S-E-N-K-R-E-C-H-T (9 letters) and appears 3.9 times per million words in written German, the 14,778th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Senkrecht is a German adjective meaning “vertical (perpendicular to some roughly horizontal line, e.g. the surface of the earth)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “in einer geraden Linie von unten nach oben oder von oben nach unten verlaufend, in einem Winkel von 90 Grad…”.
What does senkrecht mean in English?
adjective
- 1
vertical (perpendicular to some roughly horizontal line, e.g. the surface of the earth)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. in einer geraden Linie von unten nach oben oder von oben nach unten verlaufend, in einem Winkel von 90 Grad auf die (idealisierte) Erdoberfläche gerichtet sein 2. einen rechten Winkel bildend 3. Steigerung selten, von aufrechter, rechtschaffener Gesinnung
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 senkrecht
- senkrechter masculine nominative singular
- senkrechte feminine nominative singular
- senkrechtes neuter nominative singular
- senkrechten genitive masculine singular
- senkrechtem dative masculine singular
- der senkrechte definite includes-article masculine
- die senkrechte definite feminine includes-article
- das senkrechte definite includes-article neuter
- die senkrechten definite includes-article nominative
- des senkrechten definite genitive includes-article
- der senkrechten definite feminine genitive
- dem senkrechten dative definite includes-article
- den senkrechten dative definite includes-article
- senkr. abbreviation
- am senkrechtesten superlative
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce senkrecht?
- /ˈzɛŋkˌʁɛçt/
- [ˈzɛŋkˌʁɛçt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to senkrecht
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is senkrecht in German?
senkrecht appears 3.9 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).