Donnerschlag
German, noun/ˈdɔnɐˌʃlaːk/
Donnerschlag is spelled D-O-N-N-E-R-S-C-H-L-A-G (12 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written German, the 90,067th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Donnerschlag is a German masculine noun meaning “thunderclap, clap of thunder” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “kurzer, sehr heftiger Donner”.
What does Donnerschlag mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinethunderclap, clap of thunder
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. kurzer, sehr heftiger Donner
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 Donnerschlag
- Donnerschlages genitive
- Donnerschlags genitive
- Donnerschläge plural
- Donnerschlage dative singular
- Donnerschlägen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Donnerschlag?
- /ˈdɔnɐˌʃlaːk/
- [ˈdɔnɐˌʃlaːk]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Donnerschlag
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Donnerschlag in German?
Donnerschlag appears about once in every 4 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).