Fliegerabwehrrakete
[fliːɡɐˈʔapveːɐ̯ʁaˌkeːtə]
The verdict
“Fliegerabwehrrakete” 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) - Rakete zur Bekämpfung von Luftzielen von der Erdoberfläche (der Wasseroberfläche) aus
Corpus desk
Index DE-fliegerabwehrrakete · Fliegerabwehrrakete · German
Fliegerabwehrrakete · 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 | Fliegerabwehrrakete |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [fliːɡɐˈʔapveːɐ̯ʁaˌkeːtə] |
| Letters | 19 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Fliegerabwehrrakete“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Fliegerabwehrrakete is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [fliːɡɐˈʔapveːɐ̯ʁaˌkeːtə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Rakete zur Bekämpfung von Luftzielen von der Erdoberfläche (der Wasseroberfläche) aus".
Fliegerabwehrrakete doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, 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 Fliegerabwehrrakete, spelled F-L-I-E-G-E-R-A-B-W-E-H-R-R-A-K-E-T-E.
Definition
- 1Rakete zur Bekämpfung von Luftzielen von der Erdoberfläche (der Wasseroberfläche) aus
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Fliegerabwehrrakete appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Das in den Luftraum eingedrungene feindliche Flugzeug wurde von einer Fliegerabwehrrakete zerstört.
„Islamistische Militante holen einen russischen Schlachtflieger Typ Suchoi Su-25 „Frogfoot“ mit einer tragbaren Fliegerabwehrrakete vom Himmel und erschießen am Boden den Piloten.“
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.