Windkessel
German, noun/ˈvɪntˌkɛsl̩/
Windkessel is spelled W-I-N-D-K-E-S-S-E-L (10 letters) and appears about once in every 39 million words in written German, the 371,567th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Windkessel is a German masculine noun meaning “air chamber” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Druckbehälter in Pumpen- und Druckluftanlagen, der zur Speicherung von Energie oder einem Fluid und zum…”.
What does Windkessel mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineair chamber
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Druckbehälter in Pumpen- und Druckluftanlagen, der zur Speicherung von Energie oder einem Fluid und zum Ausgleich von Druckschwankungen verwendet wird
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 Windkessel
- Windkessels genitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Windkessel?
- /ˈvɪntˌkɛsl̩/
- [ˈvɪntˌkɛsl̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Windkessel in German?
Windkessel appears about once in every 39 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).