Walfang
German, noun[ˈvaːlˌfaŋ]
Walfang is spelled W-A-L-F-A-N-G (7 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 65,066th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Walfang is a German masculine noun meaning “whaling” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Jagd auf Wale, meist von Schiffen aus”.
What does Walfang mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinewhaling
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Jagd auf Wale, meist von Schiffen aus
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 Walfang
- Walfanges genitive
- Walfangs genitive
- Walfange dative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Walfang?
- [ˈvaːlˌfaŋ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Walfang
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Walfang in German?
Walfang appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).