Trepanation
German, noun/tʁepanaˈt͡si̯oːn/
Trepanation is spelled T-R-E-P-A-N-A-T-I-O-N (11 letters) and appears about once in every 21 million words in written German, the 264,454th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Trepanation is a German feminine noun meaning “trepanation (practice of drilling a hole in the skull)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “operatives Verfahren zur Öffnung des Schädels”.
What does Trepanation mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininetrepanation (practice of drilling a hole in the skull)
Eine Trepanation kann zur Behandlung von Erkrankungen des Schädelinneren eingesetzt werden.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. operatives Verfahren zur Öffnung des Schädels
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 Trepanation
- Trepanationen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Trepanation?
- /tʁepanaˈt͡si̯oːn/
- [tʁepanaˈt͡si̯oːn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Trepanation
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Trepanation in German?
Trepanation appears about once in every 21 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).