Weltraumschrott
German, noun/ˈvɛltʁaʊ̯mˌʃʁɔt/
Weltraumschrott is spelled W-E-L-T-R-A-U-M-S-C-H-R-O-T-T (15 letters) and appears about once in every 8 million words in written German, the 152,733rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Weltraumschrott is a German masculine noun meaning “space debris, space junk” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “in einer Umlaufbahn um die Erde befindliche Überreste vergangener Weltraummissionen”.
What does Weltraumschrott 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. in einer Umlaufbahn um die 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 Weltraumschrott
- Weltraumschrottes genitive
- Weltraumschrotts genitive
- Weltraumschrotte dative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Weltraumschrott?
- /ˈvɛltʁaʊ̯mˌʃʁɔt/
- [ˈvɛltʁaʊ̯mˌʃʁɔt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Weltraumschrott in German?
Weltraumschrott appears about once in every 8 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).