Feuergewehr
[ˈfɔɪ̯ɐɡəˌveːɐ̯]
The verdict
“Feuergewehr” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Gewehr, mit dem man schießen/feuern kann
Corpus desk
Index DE-feuergewehr · Feuergewehr · German
Feuergewehr · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "F" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Feuergewehr |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈfɔɪ̯ɐɡəˌveːɐ̯] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Feuergewehr“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Feuergewehr is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈfɔɪ̯ɐɡəˌveːɐ̯]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Gewehr, mit dem man schießen/feuern kann".
No misspelling variants are generated for Feuergewehr in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Feuergewehr, spelled F-E-U-E-R-G-E-W-E-H-R.
Definition
- 1Gewehr, mit dem man schießen/feuern kann
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Feuergewehr appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Die Freigebigkeit des Piraten sowohl als die Tätigkeit ihrer Weiber hatten die Oconees im Verlaufe ihrer Bekanntschaft durchgängig mit Feuergewehren versehen: ein Artikel, an welchem die Pawnees sehr Mangel litten.“
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.