Wählscheibe
German, noun/ˈvɛːlˌʃaɪ̯bə/
Wählscheibe is spelled W-Ä-H-L-S-C-H-E-I-B-E (11 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written German, the 136,587th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Wählscheibe is a German feminine noun meaning “rotary dial” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Eine runde Scheibe mit den Nummern von 0 bis 9, mit der man bei alten Telefonen die Telefonnummer wählen muss”.
What does Wählscheibe mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininerotary dial
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Eine runde Scheibe mit den Nummern von 0 bis 9, mit der man bei alten Telefonen die Telefonnummer wählen muss
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 Wählscheibe
- Wählscheiben plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Wählscheibe?
- /ˈvɛːlˌʃaɪ̯bə/
- [ˈvɛːlˌʃaɪ̯.bə]
- [ˈveːl-]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Wählscheibe
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Wählscheibe in German?
Wählscheibe appears about once in every 7 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).