Faustfeuerwaffe
German, noun[ˈfaʊ̯stfɔɪ̯ɐˌvafə]
Faustfeuerwaffe is a German feminine noun meaning “A handgun; a gun that is fit to be wielded in a single hand” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “kurze tragbare Feuerwaffe, die mit nur einer (zur Faust geballten) Hand gehalten und bedient, abgefeuert…”.
What does Faustfeuerwaffe mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineA handgun; a gun that is fit to be wielded in a single hand.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. kurze tragbare Feuerwaffe, die mit nur einer (zur Faust geballten) Hand gehalten und bedient, abgefeuert 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 Faustfeuerwaffe
- Faustfeuerwaffen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Faustfeuerwaffe?
- [ˈfaʊ̯stfɔɪ̯ɐˌvafə]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Faustfeuerwaffe
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Faustfeuerwaffe in German?
Faustfeuerwaffe appears about once in every 17 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).