Umweltschaden
German, noun/ˈʊmvɛltˌʃaːdn̩/
Umweltschaden is spelled U-M-W-E-L-T-S-C-H-A-D-E-N (13 letters) and appears about once in every 17 million words in written German, the 232,034th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Umweltschaden is a German masculine noun meaning “environmental damage” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “durch ein Ereignis oder einen Umstand verursachte Beeinträchtigung der Umwelt”.
What does Umweltschaden mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineenvironmental damage
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. durch ein Ereignis oder einen Umstand verursachte Beeinträchtigung der Umwelt
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 Umweltschaden
- Umweltschadens genitive
- Umweltschäden plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Umweltschaden?
- /ˈʊmvɛltˌʃaːdn̩/
- [ˈʊmvɛltˌʃaːdn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Umweltschaden in German?
Umweltschaden appears about once in every 17 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).