Silberbergbau
German, noun[ˈzɪlbɐˌbɛʁkbaʊ̯]
Silberbergbau is spelled S-I-L-B-E-R-B-E-R-G-B-A-U (13 letters) and appears about once in every 24 million words in written German, the 282,248th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Silberbergbau is a German masculine noun meaning “silver mining” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Gesamtheit aller planmäßigen Tätigkeiten zur Gewinnung von Silber(erz)”.
What does Silberbergbau mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesilver mining
- 2
masculinesilver-mining industry
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Gesamtheit aller planmäßigen Tätigkeiten zur Gewinnung von Silber(erz)
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 Silberbergbau
- Silberbergbaus genitive
- Silberbergbaues genitive singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Silberbergbau?
- [ˈzɪlbɐˌbɛʁkbaʊ̯]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Silberbergbau in German?
Silberbergbau appears about once in every 24 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).