Weichholz
German, noun/ˈvaɪ̯çhɔlts/
Weichholz is spelled W-E-I-C-H-H-O-L-Z (9 letters) and appears about once in every 13 million words in written German, the 195,050th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Weichholz is a German neuter noun meaning “low-density wood; mostly softwood from conifer trees, but also some low-density hardwoods (Woods with a density of less than 0.55 g/cm³…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “leichte Holzsorte von geringerer Dichte”.
What does Weichholz mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterlow-density wood; mostly softwood from conifer trees, but also some low-density hardwoods (Woods with a density of less than 0.55 g/cm³; e.g. willow, poplar, lime and almost all conifers)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. leichte Holzsorte von geringerer Dichte
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 Weichholz
- Weichholzes genitive
- Weichhölzer plural
- Weichholze dative singular
- Weichhölzern dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Weichholz?
- /ˈvaɪ̯çhɔlts/
- [ˈvaɪ̯çˌhɔlt͡s]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Weichholz in German?
Weichholz appears about once in every 13 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).