Knallkörper
German, noun/ˈknalkœʁpɐ/
Knallkörper is spelled K-N-A-L-L-K-Ö-R-P-E-R (11 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written German, the 132,783rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Knallkörper is a German masculine noun meaning “firecracker, banger” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “bestimmter Gegenstand, der zur Explosion gebracht werden kann, die mit einem kurzen lauten Knall einhergeht”.
What does Knallkörper mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinefirecracker, banger
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. bestimmter Gegenstand, der zur Explosion gebracht werden kann, die mit einem kurzen lauten Knall einhergeht
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 Knallkörper
- Knallkörpers genitive
- Knallkörpern dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Knallkörper?
- /ˈknalkœʁpɐ/
- [ˈknalˌkœʁpɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Knallkörper
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Knallkörper in German?
Knallkörper appears about once in every 7 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).