how to pronounce штурвал

/ʂtʊrˈvaɫ/

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штурвал is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of штурвал in a speech by a native speaker of standard russian:

“… стали за штурвал и пригнали в южную …”

meanings of штурвал

noun:

Helm, steering wheel (of a ship or an airplane).

штурвал frequency in russian - C2+ level of CEFR

the word штурвал occurs in russian on average 1.3 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.