tonnenschwer
German, adjective/ˈtɔnənˌʃveːɐ̯/
tonnenschwer is spelled T-O-N-N-E-N-S-C-H-W-E-R (12 letters) and appears about once in every 54 million words in written German, the 446,287th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tonnenschwer is a German adjective meaning “very heavy (weighing at least a ton)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “ein Gewicht von mindestens einer Tonne aufweisend”.
What does tonnenschwer mean in English?
adjective
- 1
very heavy (weighing at least a ton)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. ein Gewicht von mindestens einer Tonne aufweisend
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 tonnenschwer
- tonnenschwerer masculine nominative singular
- tonnenschwere feminine nominative singular
- tonnenschweres neuter nominative singular
- tonnenschweren genitive masculine singular
- tonnenschwerem dative masculine singular
- der tonnenschwere definite includes-article masculine
- die tonnenschwere definite feminine includes-article
- das tonnenschwere definite includes-article neuter
- die tonnenschweren definite includes-article nominative
- des tonnenschweren definite genitive includes-article
- der tonnenschweren definite feminine genitive
- dem tonnenschweren dative definite includes-article
- den tonnenschweren dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tonnenschwer?
- /ˈtɔnənˌʃveːɐ̯/
- [ˈtɔnənˌʃveːɐ̯]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is tonnenschwer in German?
tonnenschwer appears about once in every 54 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).