Witwe
German, noun/ˈvɪtvə/
Witwe is spelled W-I-T-W-E (5 letters) and appears 8.9 times per million words in written German, the 7,736th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Witwe is a German feminine noun meaning “widow” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Frau, deren Ehepartner beziehungsweise Ehepartnerin verstorben ist (und die [noch] nicht wieder geheiratet…”.
What does Witwe mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininewidow
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Frau, deren Ehepartner beziehungsweise Ehepartnerin verstorben ist (und die [noch] nicht wieder geheiratet hat) 2. fehlerhafter Umbruch, bei dem eine einzelne Zeile eines Absatzes auf einer neuen Seite steht, während alle anderen Zeilen noch auf der vorherigen Seite stehen
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 Witwe
- Witwen plural
- Witwer masculine
- Wwe. alternative abbreviation
- Witfrau alternative
- Wittib alternative
- Wittwe obsolete
- Wi. abbreviation
- Ww. abbreviation
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Witwe?
- /ˈvɪtvə/
- [ˈvɪtʋə]
- standard [ˈʋɪtʋə]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Witwe
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Witwe in German?
Witwe appears 8.9 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).