Feuerleiter
German, noun/ˈfɔɪ̯ɐˌlaɪ̯tɐ/
Feuerleiter is spelled F-E-U-E-R-L-E-I-T-E-R (11 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written German, the 168,023rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Feuerleiter is a German feminine noun meaning “fire ladder” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Leiter, die im Notfall oder bei einem Brand genutzt werden kann oder soll, um sich von der Gefahrenstelle zu…”.
What does Feuerleiter mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininefire ladder
- 2
femininefire escape
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Leiter, die im Notfall oder bei einem Brand genutzt werden kann oder soll, um sich von der Gefahrenstelle zu entfernen
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 Feuerleiter
- Feuerleitern plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Feuerleiter?
- /ˈfɔɪ̯ɐˌlaɪ̯tɐ/
- [ˈfɔɪ̯ɐˌlaɪ̯tɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Feuerleiter in German?
Feuerleiter appears about once in every 10 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).