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UKW

German, noun[uːkaˈveː]

UKW is spelled U-K-W (3 letters) and appears 1.6 times per million words in written German, the 28,120th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). UKW is a German noun meaning “initialism of Ultrakurzwelle” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does UKW mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    initialism of Ultrakurzwelle

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

How German dictionaries define it

abbreviation: 1. Abkürzung für Ultrakurzwelle

The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.

Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

How do you pronounce UKW?

  • [uːkaˈveː]

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

English words that translate to UKW

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

How common is UKW in German?

UKW appears 1.6 times per million words in written German.

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

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