Tanker
German, noun/ˈtaŋkɐ/
Tanker is spelled T-A-N-K-E-R (6 letters) and appears 1.5 times per million words in written German, the 29,978th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tanker is a German masculine noun meaning “tanker, tankship” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Schiff, das für den Transport flüssiger oder gasförmiger Güter bestimmt ist”.
What does Tanker mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinetanker, tankship
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Schiff, das für den Transport flüssiger oder gasförmiger Güter bestimmt ist
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 Tanker
- Tankers genitive
- Tankern dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Tanker?
- /ˈtaŋkɐ/
- [ˈtaŋkɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Tanker
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Tanker in German?
Tanker appears 1.5 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).