Tauwerk
German, noun[ˈtaʊ̯ˌvɛʁk]
Tauwerk is spelled T-A-U-W-E-R-K (7 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written German, the 129,075th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tauwerk is a German neuter noun meaning “ropes (e.g. all those used on a given ship)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “in der Seefahrt verwendete Taue”.
What does Tauwerk mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterropes (e.g. all those used on a given ship)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. in der Seefahrt verwendete Taue
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 Tauwerk
- Tauwerks genitive
- Tauwerkes genitive
- Tauwerke dative singular
- Tauwerken dative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Tauwerk?
- [ˈtaʊ̯ˌvɛʁk]
- [-ˌvɛɐ̯k]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Tauwerk in German?
Tauwerk appears about once in every 6 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).