Wortsalat
German, noun/ˈvɔʁtzaˌlaːt/
Wortsalat is spelled W-O-R-T-S-A-L-A-T (9 letters) and appears about once in every 44 million words in written German, the 396,524th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Wortsalat is a German masculine noun meaning “word salad” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “unverständliche, wirre Wortäußerung”.
What does Wortsalat mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineword salad
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. unverständliche, wirre Wortäußerung
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 Wortsalat
- Wortsalates genitive
- Wortsalats genitive
- Wortsalate plural
- Wortsalaten dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Wortsalat?
- /ˈvɔʁtzaˌlaːt/
- [ˈvɔʁtzaˌlaːt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Wortsalat in German?
Wortsalat appears about once in every 44 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).