Windkanal
German, noun[ˈvɪntkaˌnaːl]
Windkanal is spelled W-I-N-D-K-A-N-A-L (9 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 87,510th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Windkanal is a German masculine noun meaning “wind tunnel” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Vorrichtung, in der Objekte einem künstlichen Luftstrom ausgesetzt werden, um deren aerodynamische…”.
What does Windkanal mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinewind tunnel
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Vorrichtung, in der Objekte einem künstlichen Luftstrom ausgesetzt werden, um deren aerodynamische Eigenschaften zu bestimmen 2. Teil einer Orgel, der zur Verteilung des Windes innerhalb der Orgel verbaut wird, häufig ist dieser quadratisch und besteht aus Holz
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 Windkanal
- Windkanäle nominative plural
- Windkanals genitive singular
- Windkanale dative singular
- Windkanälen dative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Windkanal?
- [ˈvɪntkaˌnaːl]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Windkanal in German?
Windkanal appears about once in every 3 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).