Donnerkeil
German, noun/ˈdɔnɐːkaɪ̯l/
Donnerkeil is spelled D-O-N-N-E-R-K-E-I-L (10 letters) and appears about once in every 17 million words in written German, the 235,032nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Donnerkeil is a German masculine noun meaning “thunderbolt” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “zackiger Blitzstrahl”.
What does Donnerkeil mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinethunderbolt
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. zackiger Blitzstrahl 2. faustgroßes, steinernes Werkzeug aus vorgeschichtlicher Zeit 3. versteinerter Fortsatz eines Kopffüßers aus der Ordnung der Belemniten
interjection: 1. Ausruf (des Erstaunens, als Fluchwort, …)
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 Donnerkeil
- Donnerkeiles genitive
- Donnerkeils genitive
- Donnerkeile plural
- Donnerkeilen dative definite plural
- Donnerkiel variant
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Donnerkeil?
- /ˈdɔnɐːkaɪ̯l/
- [ˈdɔnɐˌkaɪ̯l]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Donnerkeil
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Donnerkeil in German?
Donnerkeil appears about once in every 17 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).