Worterklärung
German, noun[ˈvɔʁtʔɛɐ̯ˌklɛːʁʊŋ]
Worterklärung is spelled W-O-R-T-E-R-K-L-Ä-R-U-N-G (13 letters) and appears about once in every 69 million words in written German, the 515,032nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Worterklärung is a German feminine noun meaning “the definition of a word” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Erläuterung der Bedeutung eines Wortes, gegebenenfalls aber darüber hinaus auch zu seinen weiteren…”.
What does Worterklärung mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininethe definition of a word
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Erläuterung der Bedeutung eines Wortes, gegebenenfalls aber darüber hinaus auch zu seinen weiteren Eigenschaften (Flexion, Herkunft, Wortbildung ...)
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 Worterklärung
- Worterklärungen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Worterklärung?
- [ˈvɔʁtʔɛɐ̯ˌklɛːʁʊŋ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Worterklärung in German?
Worterklärung appears about once in every 69 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).