Tollwut
German, noun/ˈtɔlvuːt/
Tollwut is spelled T-O-L-L-W-U-T (7 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 41,722nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tollwut is a German feminine noun meaning “rabies” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “eine hochgefährliche, meist tödlich endende Virusinfektion, die zum Beispiel durch einen Biss von Tieren…”.
What does Tollwut mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininerabies
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. eine hochgefährliche, meist tödlich endende Virusinfektion, die zum Beispiel durch einen Biss von Tieren (Hund, Fuchs) auch auf den Menschen übertragen werden kann
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce Tollwut?
- /ˈtɔlvuːt/
- [ˈtɔlˌvuːt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Tollwut
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Tollwut in German?
Tollwut appears about once in every 1 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).