Falknerei
German, noun/falknəˈraɪ̯/
Falknerei is spelled F-A-L-K-N-E-R-E-I (9 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written German, the 108,721st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Falknerei is a German feminine noun meaning “falconry (The sport of hunting by using trained birds of prey.)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “das Jagen mit Falken (oder anderen Greifvögeln) und die zugehörige Abrichtung und Pflege der Vögel”.
What does Falknerei mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininefalconry (The sport of hunting by using trained birds of prey.)
- 2
femininea facility for stabling and training birds of prey, esp. falcons
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. das Jagen mit Falken (oder anderen Greifvögeln) und die zugehörige Abrichtung und Pflege der Vögel 2. Stätte zur Aufzucht, Haltung, Abrichtung von Falken (oder anderen Greifvögeln) für die Jagd
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 Falknerei
- Falknereien plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Falknerei?
- /falknəˈraɪ̯/
- [falknəˈʁaɪ̯]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Falknerei
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Falknerei in German?
Falknerei appears about once in every 5 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).