Feuerwehrmann
German, noun/ˈfɔʏɐveːɐˌman/
Feuerwehrmann is spelled F-E-U-E-R-W-E-H-R-M-A-N-N (13 letters) and appears 2.8 times per million words in written German, the 19,169th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Feuerwehrmann is a German masculine noun meaning “fireman, firefighter (male or of unspecified gender)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Person, die dafür ausgebildet ist, Feuer zu löschen und andere Personen aus gefährlichen Situationen zu retten”.
What does Feuerwehrmann mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinefireman, firefighter (male or of unspecified gender)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Person, die dafür ausgebildet ist, Feuer zu löschen und andere Personen aus gefährlichen Situationen zu retten
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 Feuerwehrmann
- Feuerwehrmannes genitive
- Feuerwehrmanns genitive
- Feuerwehrleute plural
- Feuerwehrmänner plural
- Feuerwehrfrau feminine
- Feuerwehrmanne dative singular
- Feuerwehrleuten dative definite plural
- Feuerwehrmännern dative definite plural
- Flöchner variant Swiss Standard German
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Feuerwehrmann?
- /ˈfɔʏɐveːɐˌman/
- [ˈfɔɪ̯ɐveːɐ̯ˌman]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Feuerwehrmann
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Feuerwehrmann in German?
Feuerwehrmann appears 2.8 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).