Fallschirm
German, noun/ˈfalˌʃɪʁm/
Fallschirm is spelled F-A-L-L-S-C-H-I-R-M (10 letters) and appears 1.6 times per million words in written German, the 28,120th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fallschirm is a German masculine noun meaning “parachute” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “meist rundes oder rechteckiges Fluggerät, das die Fallgeschwindigkeit eines angehängten Gegenstandes oder…”.
What does Fallschirm mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineparachute
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. meist rundes oder rechteckiges Fluggerät, das die Fallgeschwindigkeit eines angehängten Gegenstandes oder Menschen so stark bremst, dass die Landung problemlos durchgeführt werden kann
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 Fallschirm
- Fallschirmes genitive
- Fallschirms genitive
- Fallschirme plural
- Fallschirmen dative definite plural
- FS abbreviation
- Schirm abbreviation
- Kappe abbreviation
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Fallschirm?
- /ˈfalˌʃɪʁm/
- [ˈfalˌʃɪʁm]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Fallschirm
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Fallschirm in German?
Fallschirm appears 1.6 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).