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Winkelmesser

German, noun/ˈvɪŋkəlˌmɛsɐ/

Winkelmesser is spelled W-I-N-K-E-L-M-E-S-S-E-R (12 letters) and appears about once in every 17 million words in written German, the 228,970th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Winkelmesser is a German masculine noun meaning “protractor” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Hilfsmittel zur Bestimmung der Größe von Winkeln”.

What does Winkelmesser mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculineprotractor

  2. 2

    masculinegoniometer

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Hilfsmittel zur Bestimmung der Größe von Winkeln

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 Winkelmesser

  • Winkelmessers genitive
  • Winkelmessern dative definite plural

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce Winkelmesser?

  • /ˈvɪŋkəlˌmɛsɐ/
  • [ˈvɪŋkl̩ˌmɛsɐ]

Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to Winkelmesser

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is Winkelmesser in German?

Winkelmesser 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).

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