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Zwiebelturm

German, noun/ˈt͡sviːbl̩ˌtʊʁm/

Zwiebelturm is spelled Z-W-I-E-B-E-L-T-U-R-M (11 letters) and appears about once in every 28 million words in written German, the 305,454th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Zwiebelturm is a German masculine noun meaning “onion dome (onion-shaped dome)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Turm mit einer zwiebelförmigen Dachkonstruktion”.

What does Zwiebelturm mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculineonion dome (onion-shaped dome)

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Turm mit einer zwiebelförmigen Dachkonstruktion

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 Zwiebelturm

  • Zwiebelturmes genitive
  • Zwiebelturms genitive
  • Zwiebeltürme plural
  • Zwiebelturme dative singular
  • Zwiebeltürmen dative definite plural
  • [1] Zwiebelt. abbreviation

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce Zwiebelturm?

  • /ˈt͡sviːbl̩ˌtʊʁm/
  • [ˈt͡sviːbl̩ˌtʊʁm]

Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is Zwiebelturm in German?

Zwiebelturm appears about once in every 28 million words in written German.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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