Knüller
German, noun
Knüller is spelled K-N-Ü-L-L-E-R (7 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 56,856th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Knüller is a German masculine noun meaning “an exciting article, news story, or piece of information; a sensation, bombshell” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). In lower case, knüller is a different word: “strong/mixed nominative masculine singular”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “etwas, oft ein Witz, das als sehr aufregend oder sehr lustig empfunden wird”.
What does Knüller mean in English?
noun
- 1
informalmasculinean exciting article, news story, or piece of information; a sensation, bombshell
„Das wird ’n Knüller“, rief der Reporter begeistert.
- 2
informalmasculinesomething that is funny, often in an unusual or bizarre way
Der Typ ist echt ’n Knüller!
- 3
masculinea blockbuster, hit, highlight, anything exciting
Der Film war der Knüller!
adjective
- 1
masculinestrong/mixed nominative masculine singular
- 2
femininestrong genitive/dative feminine singular
- 3
strong genitive plural
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. etwas, oft ein Witz, das als sehr aufregend oder sehr lustig empfunden wird
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 Knüller
- Knüllers genitive
- Knüllern dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Knüller
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Knüller in German?
Knüller appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).