Vokalwechsel
German, noun/voˈkaːlˌvɛksl̩/
Vokalwechsel is spelled V-O-K-A-L-W-E-C-H-S-E-L (12 letters) and appears about once in every 74 million words in written German, the 535,730th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Vokalwechsel is a German masculine noun meaning “vowel gradation; ablaut” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “die Veränderung des Vokals in einer morphologischen Gruppe”.
What does Vokalwechsel mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinevowel gradation; ablaut
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. die Veränderung des Vokals in einer morphologischen Gruppe
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 Vokalwechsel
- Vokalwechsels genitive
- Vokalwechseln dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Vokalwechsel?
- /voˈkaːlˌvɛksl̩/
- [voˈkaːlˌvɛksl̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Vokalwechsel in German?
Vokalwechsel appears about once in every 74 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).