Wasserkanister
German, noun/ˈvasɐkaˌnɪstɐ/
Wasserkanister is spelled W-A-S-S-E-R-K-A-N-I-S-T-E-R (14 letters) and appears about once in every 22 million words in written German, the 267,890th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Wasserkanister is a German masculine noun meaning “water jerrycan” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “verschließbarer Behälter, meist aus Blech, Plastik, der zum Transport und Aufbewahren von Wasser benutzt wird”.
What does Wasserkanister mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinewater jerrycan
- 2
masculinewater can
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. verschließbarer Behälter, meist aus Blech, Plastik, der zum Transport und Aufbewahren von Wasser benutzt wird
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 Wasserkanister
- Wasserkanisters genitive
- Wasserkanistern dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Wasserkanister?
- /ˈvasɐkaˌnɪstɐ/
- [ˈvasɐkaˌnɪstɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Wasserkanister in German?
Wasserkanister appears about once in every 22 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).