Tunnelbohrmaschine
German, noun/ˈtʊnəlˌboːɐ̯maˌʃiːnə/
Tunnelbohrmaschine is spelled T-U-N-N-E-L-B-O-H-R-M-A-S-C-H-I-N-E (18 letters) and appears about once in every 12 million words in written German, the 187,243rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tunnelbohrmaschine is a German feminine noun meaning “tunnel boring machine, TBM, tunnelling machine (a large machine used to excavate tunnels with a circular cross section)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Maschine, die beim Tunnelbau eingesetzt wird”.
What does Tunnelbohrmaschine mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininetunnel boring machine, TBM, tunnelling machine (a large machine used to excavate tunnels with a circular cross section)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Maschine, die beim Tunnelbau eingesetzt wird
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 Tunnelbohrmaschine
- Tunnelbohrmaschinen plural
- TBM abbreviation
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Tunnelbohrmaschine?
- /ˈtʊnəlˌboːɐ̯maˌʃiːnə/
- [ˈtʊnəlˌboːɐ̯maˌʃiːnə]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Tunnelbohrmaschine in German?
Tunnelbohrmaschine appears about once in every 12 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).