Fleischfresser
German, noun/ˈflaɪ̯ʃˌfrɛsər/
Fleischfresser is spelled F-L-E-I-S-C-H-F-R-E-S-S-E-R (14 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 57,755th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fleischfresser is a German masculine noun meaning “carnivore (meat-eating animal)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “ein Lebewesen, das ausschließlich, hauptsächlich oder teilweise aus tierischen Organismen seine Nahrung…”.
What does Fleischfresser mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecarnivore (meat-eating animal)
- 2
derogatoryinformalmasculinesynonym of Fleischesser (“meateater, person who eats meat”)
- 3
derogatorymasculineobsoleteCapernaite (one who believes that the Eucharist is truly the Body of Christ)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ein Lebewesen, das ausschließlich, hauptsächlich oder teilweise aus tierischen Organismen seine Nahrung bezieht
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 Fleischfresser
- Fleischfressers genitive
- Fleischfresserin feminine
- Fleischfressern dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Fleischfresser?
- /ˈflaɪ̯ʃˌfrɛsər/
- [ˈflaɪ̯ʃˌfʁɛ.sɐ]
- [ˈflaɪ̯ʃˌfʁɛsɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Fleischfresser
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Fleischfresser in German?
Fleischfresser appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).