Wohlstandsmüll
German, noun/ˈvoːlʃtant͡sˌmʏl/
Wohlstandsmüll is spelled W-O-H-L-S-T-A-N-D-S-M-Ü-L-L (14 letters) and appears about once in every 39 million words in written German, the 371,567th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Wohlstandsmüll is a German masculine noun meaning “consumer waste” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Müll, der besonders in reichen Konsum- und Wegwerfgesellschaften aufgrund der dort herrschenden speziellen…”.
What does Wohlstandsmüll mean in English?
noun
- 1
derogatorymasculineconsumer waste
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Müll, der besonders in reichen Konsum- und Wegwerfgesellschaften aufgrund der dort herrschenden speziellen Wegwerf- und Konsummentalität entsteht 2. Menschen, die nicht willens oder nicht in der Lage sind, zu arbeiten
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 Wohlstandsmüll
- Wohlstandsmülls genitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Wohlstandsmüll?
- /ˈvoːlʃtant͡sˌmʏl/
- [ˈvoːlʃtant͡sˌmʏl]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Wohlstandsmüll in German?
Wohlstandsmüll 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).