Fliegerabwehrkanone
[ˈfliːɡɐˌʔapveːɐ̯kaˌnoːnə]
The verdict
“Fliegerabwehrkanone” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 19
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ursprünglich im Ersten Weltkrieg entwickelte Waffe, die gegen Flugzeuge eingesetzt wird
Corpus desk
Index DE-fliegerabwehrkanone · Fliegerabwehrkanone · German
Fliegerabwehrkanone · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 19 letters
- VOW-8 8 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 | Fliegerabwehrkanone |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈfliːɡɐˌʔapveːɐ̯kaˌnoːnə] |
| Letters | 19 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Fliegerabwehrkanone“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Fliegerabwehrkanone is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈfliːɡɐˌʔapveːɐ̯kaˌnoːnə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "ursprünglich im Ersten Weltkrieg entwickelte Waffe, die gegen Flugzeuge eingesetzt wird".
Zero misspellings are on record for Fliegerabwehrkanone in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Fliegerabwehrkanone, spelled F-L-I-E-G-E-R-A-B-W-E-H-R-K-A-N-O-N-E.
Definition
- 1ursprünglich im Ersten Weltkrieg entwickelte Waffe, die gegen Flugzeuge eingesetzt wird
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Fliegerabwehrkanone appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Durch das Abwehrfeuer der Fliegerabwehrkanonen wurden die feindlichen Flugzeuge zum Abdrehen gezwungen.
„Die Munition, die von Fliegerabwehrkanonen aus dem Zweiten Weltkrieg stammte, war am vergangenen Samstag entdeckt worden, wie die Gemeindeverwaltung mitteilte.“
Synonyms
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.