Weltraummüll
German, noun/ˈvɛltʁaʊ̯mˌmʏl/
Weltraummüll is spelled W-E-L-T-R-A-U-M-M-Ü-L-L (12 letters) and appears about once in every 17 million words in written German, the 232,034th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Weltraummüll is a German masculine noun meaning “space debris, space junk” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “im Orbit der Erde befindliche Überreste vergangener Weltraummissionen”.
What does Weltraummüll mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinespace debris, space junk
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. im Orbit der Erde befindliche Überreste vergangener Weltraummissionen
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 Weltraummüll
- Weltraummülles genitive
- Weltraummülls genitive
- Weltraummülle dative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Weltraummüll?
- /ˈvɛltʁaʊ̯mˌmʏl/
- [ˈvɛltʁaʊ̯mˌmʏl]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Weltraummüll in German?
Weltraummüll appears about once in every 17 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).