Weltempfänger
German, noun[ˈvɛltʔɛmˌp͡fɛŋɐ]
Weltempfänger is spelled W-E-L-T-E-M-P-F-Ä-N-G-E-R (13 letters) and appears about once in every 33 million words in written German, the 339,062nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Weltempfänger is a German masculine noun meaning “short-wave receiver, world receiver” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “elektronisches Gerät zum Empfang akustischer Rundfunkprogramme, das im Stande ist, auch Signale…”.
What does Weltempfänger mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineshort-wave receiver, world receiver
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. elektronisches Gerät zum Empfang akustischer Rundfunkprogramme, das im Stande ist, auch Signale wiederzugeben, deren Quelle sehr weit entfernt ist
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 Weltempfänger
- Weltempfängers genitive
- Weltempfängern dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Weltempfänger?
- [ˈvɛltʔɛmˌp͡fɛŋɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Weltempfänger in German?
Weltempfänger appears about once in every 33 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).