Volksempfänger
German, noun[ˈfɔlksʔɛmˌp͡fɛŋɐ]
Volksempfänger is spelled V-O-L-K-S-E-M-P-F-Ä-N-G-E-R (14 letters) and appears about once in every 9 million words in written German, the 156,943rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Volksempfänger is a German masculine noun meaning “"people's receiver" - a series of cheap household radio receivers developed in Nazi Germany for propaganda” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “schlichtes Radiogerät, entwickelt und verbreitet ab 1933”.
What does Volksempfänger mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculine"people's receiver" - a series of cheap household radio receivers developed in Nazi Germany for propaganda
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. schlichtes Radiogerät, entwickelt und verbreitet ab 1933
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 Volksempfänger
- Volksempfängers genitive
- Volksempfängern dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Volksempfänger?
- [ˈfɔlksʔɛmˌp͡fɛŋɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Volksempfänger in German?
Volksempfänger appears about once in every 9 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).