Ameisenlöwe
German, noun/ˈaːmaɪ̯zn̩ˌløːvə/
Ameisenlöwe is spelled A-M-E-I-S-E-N-L-Ö-W-E (11 letters) and appears about once in every 66 million words in written German, the 501,868th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ameisenlöwe is a German masculine noun meaning “antlion, doodlebug” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Larve eines Insekts aus der Gruppe der Ameisenjungfern”.
What does Ameisenlöwe mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineantlion, doodlebug
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Larve eines Insekts aus der Gruppe der Ameisenjungfern
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 Ameisenlöwe
- Ameisenlöwen genitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Ameisenlöwe?
- /ˈaːmaɪ̯zn̩ˌløːvə/
- [ˈaːmaɪ̯zn̩ˌløːvə]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Ameisenlöwe
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Ameisenlöwe in German?
Ameisenlöwe appears about once in every 66 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).