Volksmarine
German, noun[ˈfɔlksmaˌʁiːnə]
Volksmarine is spelled V-O-L-K-S-M-A-R-I-N-E (11 letters) and appears about once in every 19 million words in written German, the 244,602nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Volksmarine is a German feminine noun meaning “people's navy: official name of the former East German navy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “die Seestreitkräfte der Nationalen Volksarmee der Deutschen Demokratischen Republik”.
What does Volksmarine mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininepeople's navy: official name of the former East German navy.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. die Seestreitkräfte der Nationalen Volksarmee der Deutschen Demokratischen Republik
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 Volksmarine
- Volksmarinen plural
- VM abbreviation
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Volksmarine?
- [ˈfɔlksmaˌʁiːnə]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Volksmarine in German?
Volksmarine appears about once in every 19 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).