Tankwagen
German, noun[ˈtaŋkˌvaːɡn̩]
Tankwagen is spelled T-A-N-K-W-A-G-E-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 83,766th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tankwagen is a German masculine noun meaning “tanker (road vehicle)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Lastkraftwagen und/oder Anhänger, die flüssige oder gasförmige Güter in einem Tank transportieren können”.
What does Tankwagen mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinetanker (road vehicle)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Lastkraftwagen und/oder Anhänger, die flüssige oder gasförmige Güter in einem Tank transportieren können
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 Tankwagen
- Tankwagens genitive
- Tankwägen nominative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Tankwagen?
- [ˈtaŋkˌvaːɡn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Tankwagen in German?
Tankwagen appears about once in every 3 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).