Wackelkontakt
German, noun/ˈvakl̩kɔnˌtakt/
Wackelkontakt is spelled W-A-C-K-E-L-K-O-N-T-A-K-T (13 letters) and appears about once in every 9 million words in written German, the 154,802nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Wackelkontakt is a German masculine noun meaning “loose connection (in an electric circuit)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Stelle im Stromkreis mit spontan variierendem Stromfluss”.
What does Wackelkontakt mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineloose connection (in an electric circuit)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Stelle im Stromkreis mit spontan variierendem Stromfluss
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 Wackelkontakt
- Wackelkontaktes genitive
- Wackelkontakts genitive
- Wackelkontakte plural
- Wackelkontakten dative definite plural
- Wackler abbreviation
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Wackelkontakt?
- /ˈvakl̩kɔnˌtakt/
- [ˈvakl̩kɔnˌtakt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Wackelkontakt in German?
Wackelkontakt 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).