Tropenhelm
German, noun/ˈtʁoːpm̩ˌhɛlm/
Tropenhelm is a German masculine noun meaning “pith helmet” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Kopfbedeckung, die meist in tropischen Regionen zum Schutz vor Sonneneinstrahlung, Niederschlag und…”.
What does Tropenhelm mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepith helmet
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Kopfbedeckung, die meist in tropischen Regionen zum Schutz vor Sonneneinstrahlung, Niederschlag und mechanischen Gefahren getragen wird; dies typischerweise von Auswärtigen (Reisenden, Kolonialherren)
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 Tropenhelm
- Tropenhelmes genitive
- Tropenhelms genitive
- Tropenhelme plural
- Tropenhelmen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Tropenhelm?
- /ˈtʁoːpm̩ˌhɛlm/
- [ˈtʁoːpm̩ˌhɛlm]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Tropenhelm in German?
Tropenhelm appears about once in every 26 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).