Wachtelkönig
German, noun/ˈvaxtl̩køːnɪç/
Wachtelkönig is a German masculine noun meaning “corncrake” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “zu den Rallenvögeln zählende Vogelart, die in Europa heimisch ist”.
What does Wachtelkönig mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecorncrake
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. zu den Rallenvögeln zählende Vogelart, die in Europa heimisch ist
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 Wachtelkönig
- Wachtelkönigs genitive
- Wachtelkönige plural
- Wachtelkönigen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Wachtelkönig?
- /ˈvaxtl̩køːnɪç/
- [ˈvaxtl̩køːnɪç]
- [ˈvaxtl̩køːnɪk]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Wachtelkönig
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Wachtelkönig in German?
Wachtelkönig appears about once in every 21 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).