flügellahm
German, adjective[ˈflyːɡl̩ˌlaːm]
flügellahm is spelled F-L-Ü-G-E-L-L-A-H-M (10 letters) and appears about once in every 43 million words in written German, the 391,488th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Flügellahm is a German adjective meaning “broken-winged (e.g. of birds)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “wegen einer Verletzung der Flügel nicht fähig zu fliegen”.
What does flügellahm mean in English?
adjective
- 1
broken-winged (e.g. of birds)
- 2
lacking in energy, struggling (e.g. of athletes or political entities)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. wegen einer Verletzung der Flügel nicht fähig zu fliegen 2. ohne Kraft, ohne Energie
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 flügellahm
- flügellahmer masculine nominative singular
- flügellahme feminine nominative singular
- flügellahmes neuter nominative singular
- flügellahmen genitive masculine singular
- flügellahmem dative masculine singular
- der flügellahme definite includes-article masculine
- die flügellahme definite feminine includes-article
- das flügellahme definite includes-article neuter
- die flügellahmen definite includes-article nominative
- des flügellahmen definite genitive includes-article
- der flügellahmen definite feminine genitive
- dem flügellahmen dative definite includes-article
- den flügellahmen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce flügellahm?
- [ˈflyːɡl̩ˌlaːm]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is flügellahm in German?
flügellahm appears about once in every 43 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).