Röntgen, Wilhelm Conrad Syllabification: (Rönt·gen, Wilhelm Conrad)Pronunciation: /ˈrentgən, ˈrenCHən/Definition of Röntgen, Wilhelm Conrad (1845–1923), German physicist; the discoverer of X-rays. Nobel Prize for Physics (1901). Röntgen, Wilhelm Conrad in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of Röntgen, Wilhelm Conrad in the British & World English dictionary