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Bombe

German, noun/ˈbɔmbə/

Bombe is spelled B-O-M-B-E (5 letters) and appears 12 times per million words in written German, the 6,162nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bombe is a German feminine noun meaning “bomb (explosive device)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Kampfmittel, das eine Explosion verursacht (selbst explodiert)”.

What does Bombe mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininebomb (explosive device)

  2. 2

    femininebombe, a bomb-shaped (cylindrical, spherical or semispherical) dessert

    Schwedenbombe

  3. 3

    femininea bombe of molded ice cream

adjective

  1. 1

    colloquialnang, rad, dope, fly, boss

    Diese Hose sieht Bombe aus.

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

How German dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Kampfmittel, das eine Explosion verursacht (selbst explodiert) 2. bei einen Vulkanausbruch herausgeschleuderter Pyroklast mit einem Durchmesser von mehr als 64 mm 3. aus einem Mörser abgeschossener Effektkörper 4. stromlinienförmiges Gewicht am Kiel von Segelyachten

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 Bombe

  • Bomben plural
  • Bömbchen diminutive

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

How do you pronounce Bombe?

  • /ˈbɔmbə/
  • [ˈbɔmbə]

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

English words that translate to Bombe

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is Bombe in German?

Bombe appears 12 times per 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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