Fliegenschnäpper
German, noun/ˈfliːɡn̩ˌʃnɛpɐ/
Fliegenschnäpper is spelled F-L-I-E-G-E-N-S-C-H-N-Ä-P-P-E-R (16 letters) and appears about once in every 55 million words in written German, the 452,179th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fliegenschnäpper is a German masculine noun meaning “flycatcher (any of many kinds of birds of the family Muscicapidae)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Vogel aus der Familie Muscicapidae”.
What does Fliegenschnäpper mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineflycatcher (any of many kinds of birds of the family Muscicapidae)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Vogel aus der Familie Muscicapidae
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 Fliegenschnäpper
- Fliegenschnäppers genitive
- Fliegenschnäppern dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Fliegenschnäpper?
- /ˈfliːɡn̩ˌʃnɛpɐ/
- [ˈfliːɡn̩ˌʃnɛpɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Fliegenschnäpper
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Fliegenschnäpper in German?
Fliegenschnäpper appears about once in every 55 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).