Wolkenkratzer
German, noun/ˈvɔlkn̩ˌkʁat͡sɐ/
Wolkenkratzer is spelled W-O-L-K-E-N-K-R-A-T-Z-E-R (13 letters) and appears 1.3 times per million words in written German, the 32,479th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Wolkenkratzer is a German masculine noun meaning “skyscraper (tall building)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “sehr hohes Gebäude, hohes Hochhaus; üblicherweise über 100 Meter hoch”.
What does Wolkenkratzer mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineskyscraper (tall building)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. sehr hohes Gebäude, hohes Hochhaus; üblicherweise über 100 Meter hoch
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 Wolkenkratzer
- Wolkenkratzers genitive
- Wolkenkratzern dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Wolkenkratzer?
- /ˈvɔlkn̩ˌkʁat͡sɐ/
- [ˈvɔlkn̩ˌkʁat͡sɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Wolkenkratzer
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Wolkenkratzer in German?
Wolkenkratzer appears 1.3 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).