Drogenkrieg
German, noun/ˈdroːɡn̩kriːk/
Drogenkrieg is spelled D-R-O-G-E-N-K-R-I-E-G (11 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written German, the 120,168th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Drogenkrieg is a German masculine noun meaning “The 'war on drugs'” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “bewaffneter Konflikt zwischen Drogenkartellen und der Polizei/dem Militär”.
What does Drogenkrieg mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineThe 'war on drugs'.
- 2
masculinedrug war
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. bewaffneter Konflikt zwischen Drogenkartellen und der Polizei/dem Militär
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 Drogenkrieg
- Drogenkrieges genitive
- Drogenkriegs genitive
- Drogenkriege plural
- Drogenkriegen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Drogenkrieg?
- /ˈdroːɡn̩kriːk/
- [ˈdʁoːɡn̩ˌkʁiːk]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Drogenkrieg in German?
Drogenkrieg appears about once in every 6 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).