Spielautomat
German, noun/ˈʃpiːl.aʊ̯toˌmaːt/
Spielautomat is spelled S-P-I-E-L-A-U-T-O-M-A-T (12 letters) and appears about once in every 9 million words in written German, the 159,136th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Spielautomat is a German masculine noun meaning “slot machine” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “ohne menschliche Einwirkung selbsttätig funktionierender Apparat für Glücksspiele, der durch Münzeinwurf in…”.
What does Spielautomat mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineslot machine
- 2
masculineany arcade game, e.g. pinball
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ohne menschliche Einwirkung selbsttätig funktionierender Apparat für Glücksspiele, der durch Münzeinwurf in Gang gesetzt 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 Spielautomat
- Spielautomaten genitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Spielautomat?
- /ˈʃpiːl.aʊ̯toˌmaːt/
- [ˈʃpiːl.ʔaʊ̯.toˌmaːt]
- [ˈʃpiː.laʊ̯.toˌmaːt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Spielautomat in German?
Spielautomat appears about once in every 9 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).