Glückstreffer
German, noun[ˈɡlʏksˌtʁɛfɐ]
Glückstreffer is spelled G-L-Ü-C-K-S-T-R-E-F-F-E-R (13 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written German, the 104,034th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Glückstreffer is a German masculine noun meaning “lucky break, stroke of luck” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “ein Treffer, der nur durch Glück, nicht durch Wissen oder Können zustande kam”.
What does Glückstreffer mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinelucky break, stroke of luck
- 2
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Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ein Treffer, der nur durch Glück, nicht durch Wissen oder Können zustande kam
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 Glückstreffer
- Glückstreffers genitive
- Glückstreffern dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Glückstreffer?
- [ˈɡlʏksˌtʁɛfɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Glückstreffer in German?
Glückstreffer appears about once in every 4 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).