Wirkungsquantum
German, noun/ˈvɪʁkʊŋsˌkvantʊm/
Wirkungsquantum is spelled W-I-R-K-U-N-G-S-Q-U-A-N-T-U-M (15 letters) and appears about once in every 19 million words in written German, the 247,831st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Wirkungsquantum is a German neuter noun meaning “Planck's constant” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Naturkonstante: von Atomen wird Energie nur in Form von Quanten abgegeben oder aufgenommen; Die Energie ist…”.
What does Wirkungsquantum mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterPlanck's constant
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Naturkonstante: von Atomen wird Energie nur in Form von Quanten abgegeben oder aufgenommen; Die Energie ist dabei die mit dieser Konstante (6,626 · 10⁻³⁴ Js) multiplizierte Strahlungsfrequenz
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 Wirkungsquantum
- Wirkungsquantums genitive
- h abbreviation
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Wirkungsquantum?
- /ˈvɪʁkʊŋsˌkvantʊm/
- [ˈvɪʁkʊŋsˌkvantʊm]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Wirkungsquantum in German?
Wirkungsquantum appears about once in every 19 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).