Flächenbombardement
German, noun[ˈflɛçn̩bɔmbaʁdəˌmɑ̃ː]
Flächenbombardement is spelled F-L-Ä-C-H-E-N-B-O-M-B-A-R-D-E-M-E-N-T (19 letters) and appears about once in every 27 million words in written German, the 301,457th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Flächenbombardement is a German neuter noun meaning “carpet bombing (large area bombardment done in a progressive manner)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “fortwährender Beschuss durch von einem oder mehreren Luftfahrzeugen (Flugzeuge, Hubschrauber, Drohnen) aus…”.
What does Flächenbombardement mean in English?
noun
- 1
neutercarpet bombing (large area bombardment done in a progressive manner)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. fortwährender Beschuss durch von einem oder mehreren Luftfahrzeugen (Flugzeuge, Hubschrauber, Drohnen) aus abgeworfene Bomben und/oder durch schwere Artillerie auf einen ausgedehnten (zumeist, aber nicht ausschließlich urbanen) Bereich
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 Flächenbombardement
- Flächenbombardements genitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Flächenbombardement?
- [ˈflɛçn̩bɔmbaʁdəˌmɑ̃ː]
- [ˈflɛçn̩b̥ɔmb̥aʁd̥ˌmɑ̃ː]
- [ˈflɛçn̩bɔmbaʁdəˌmɛnt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Flächenbombardement in German?
Flächenbombardement appears about once in every 27 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).