Feuerwaffe
German, noun[ˈfɔɪ̯ɐˌvafə]
Feuerwaffe is spelled F-E-U-E-R-W-A-F-F-E (10 letters) and appears about once in every 11 million words in written German, the 179,801st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Feuerwaffe is a German feminine noun meaning “firearm” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Schusswaffe, die mit Schießpulver oder ähnlichen Treibmitteln betrieben wird”.
What does Feuerwaffe mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininefirearm
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Schusswaffe, die mit Schießpulver oder ähnlichen Treibmitteln betrieben wird
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 Feuerwaffe
- Feuerwaffen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Feuerwaffe?
- [ˈfɔɪ̯ɐˌvafə]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Feuerwaffe
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Feuerwaffe in German?
Feuerwaffe appears about once in every 11 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).