Thyristor
German, noun[tyˈʁɪstoːɐ̯]
Thyristor is spelled T-H-Y-R-I-S-T-O-R (9 letters) and appears about once in every 20 million words in written German, the 257,657th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Thyristor is a German masculine noun meaning “thyristor (semiconductor device)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “elektronisches einschaltbares Halbleiterbauelement, das durch einen kleinen Gatestrom eingeschaltet wird und…”.
What does Thyristor mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinethyristor (semiconductor device)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. elektronisches einschaltbares Halbleiterbauelement, das durch einen kleinen Gatestrom eingeschaltet wird und so bleibt, bis eine Umkehrung der Stromrichtung eintritt
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 Thyristor
- Thyristors genitive
- Thyristoren plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Thyristor?
- [tyˈʁɪstoːɐ̯]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Thyristor
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Thyristor in German?
Thyristor appears about once in every 20 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).