Donnervogel
German, noun
Donnervogel is spelled D-O-N-N-E-R-V-O-G-E-L (11 letters) and appears about once in every 36 million words in written German, the 357,274th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Donnervogel is a German masculine noun meaning “a thunderbird” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an umlaut, Donnervögel is a different word: “nominative/accusative/genitive plural of Donnervogel”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “Vogel, der in der Mythologie verschiedener Indianerstämme eine bedeutende Rolle spielt”.
What does Donnervogel mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinea thunderbird
noun
- 1
masculinenominative/accusative/genitive plural of Donnervogel
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Vogel, der in der Mythologie verschiedener Indianerstämme eine bedeutende Rolle spielt
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 Donnervogel
- Donnervogels genitive
- Donnervögel plural
- Donnervögeln dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Donnervogel
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Donnervogel in German?
Donnervogel appears about once in every 36 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).