Wasserscheide
German, noun[ˈvasɐˌʃaɪ̯də]
Wasserscheide is spelled W-A-S-S-E-R-S-C-H-E-I-D-E (13 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 58,632nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Wasserscheide is a German feminine noun meaning “watershed” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Grenzverlauf der Einzugsgebiete für das abfließende Wasser zweier oder mehrerer benachbarter Flusssysteme”.
What does Wasserscheide mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininewatershed
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Grenzverlauf der Einzugsgebiete für das abfließende Wasser zweier oder mehrerer benachbarter Flusssysteme.
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 Wasserscheide
- Wasserscheiden plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Wasserscheide?
- [ˈvasɐˌʃaɪ̯də]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Wasserscheide
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Wasserscheide in German?
Wasserscheide 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).