Flakgeschütz
[ˈflakɡəˌʃʏt͡s]
The verdict
“Flakgeschütz” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Geschütz, das gegen angreifende Flugkörper eingesetzt wird
Corpus desk
Index DE-flakgeschutz · Flakgeschütz · German
Flakgeschütz · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | Flakgeschütz |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈflakɡəˌʃʏt͡s] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Flakgeschütz“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Flakgeschütz is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈflakɡəˌʃʏt͡s]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Geschütz, das gegen angreifende Flugkörper eingesetzt wird".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Flakgeschütz in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Flakgeschütz, spelled F-L-A-K-G-E-S-C-H-Ü-T-Z.
Definition
- 1Geschütz, das gegen angreifende Flugkörper eingesetzt wird
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Flakgeschütz appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Zwischen den Hecken hatte der Gegner mehrere 2-Zentimeter-Flakgeschütze aufgestellt, und ihre Läufe spucken weiße Wolken zu uns herauf.“
„Die Ermittler stießen auf ein ziemlich gut sortiertes Waffenlager: ein Torpedo, mehrere Handfeuerwaffen, ein Maschinengewehr, ein 8,8-Zentimeter-Flakgeschütz - und einen Wehrmachtspanzer, laut F.'s Anwalt Peter Gramsch das "Herzstück der Sammlung". Typ Panther, zwei Meter breit, fünf Meter lang, 43 Tonnen schwer.“
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.