Wendepunkt
German, noun[ˈvɛndəˌpʊŋkt]
Wendepunkt is spelled W-E-N-D-E-P-U-N-K-T (10 letters) and appears 2.2 times per million words in written German, the 22,661st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Wendepunkt is a German masculine noun meaning “turning point” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “die Stelle, an der gewendet wird”.
What does Wendepunkt mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineturning point
- 2
masculineinflection point
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. die Stelle, an der gewendet wird 2. Zeitpunkt, an dem sich etwas bedeutend verändert 3. Punkt eines Funktionsgraphen mit der lokal größten oder kleinsten Steigung 4. in der populären Darstellung wirtschaftlicher Zusammenhänge oft fälschlich für Extremwert
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 Wendepunkt
- Wendepunktes genitive
- Wendepunkts genitive
- Wendepunkte plural
- Wendepunkten dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Wendepunkt?
- [ˈvɛndəˌpʊŋkt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Wendepunkt
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Wendepunkt in German?
Wendepunkt appears 2.2 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).