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tropfenweise

German, adjective[ˈtʁɔp͡fənˌvaɪ̯zə]

tropfenweise is a German adjective meaning “dropwise” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does tropfenweise mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    dropwise

adverb

  1. 1

    in drops, one drop at a time, dropwise

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

adverb: 1. in einzelnen, aufeinanderfolgenden Tropfen einer Flüssigkeit 2. in kleinsten Portionen

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 tropfenweise

  • tropfenweiser masculine nominative singular
  • tropfenweises neuter nominative singular
  • tropfenweisen genitive masculine singular
  • tropfenweisem dative masculine singular
  • der tropfenweise definite includes-article masculine
  • die tropfenweise definite feminine includes-article
  • das tropfenweise definite includes-article neuter
  • die tropfenweisen definite includes-article nominative
  • des tropfenweisen definite genitive includes-article
  • der tropfenweisen definite feminine genitive
  • dem tropfenweisen dative definite includes-article
  • den tropfenweisen dative definite includes-article
  • ein tropfenweiser includes-article indefinite masculine

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce tropfenweise?

  • [ˈtʁɔp͡fənˌvaɪ̯zə]

Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to tropfenweise

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is tropfenweise in German?

tropfenweise appears about once in every 16 million words in written German.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).