Wirkungsgrad
German, noun[ˈvɪʁkʊŋsˌɡʁaːt]
Wirkungsgrad is spelled W-I-R-K-U-N-G-S-G-R-A-D (12 letters) and appears 2.7 times per million words in written German, the 19,537th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Wirkungsgrad is a German masculine noun meaning “effectiveness, efficiency” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Verhältnis von Nutzen zu Aufwand, bei einer Maschine beispielsweise das Verhältnis von abgegebener zu…”.
What does Wirkungsgrad mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineeffectiveness, efficiency
- 2
masculinecoefficient
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Verhältnis von Nutzen zu Aufwand, bei einer Maschine beispielsweise das Verhältnis von abgegebener zu zugeführter Leistung
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 Wirkungsgrad
- Wirkungsgrades genitive
- Wirkungsgrads genitive
- Wirkungsgrade plural
- Wirkungsgraden dative definite plural
- η abbreviation
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Wirkungsgrad?
- [ˈvɪʁkʊŋsˌɡʁaːt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Wirkungsgrad
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Wirkungsgrad in German?
Wirkungsgrad appears 2.7 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).