Kriegswaffe
German, noun[ˈkʁiːksˌvafə]
Kriegswaffe is spelled K-R-I-E-G-S-W-A-F-F-E (11 letters) and appears about once in every 9 million words in written German, the 159,136th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Kriegswaffe is a German feminine noun meaning “weapon of war, military weapon (weapon produced for warfare and military conflict)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Waffe, die im Krieg eingesetzt wird”.
What does Kriegswaffe mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineweapon of war, military weapon (weapon produced for warfare and military conflict)
- 2
colloquialfeminineweapon of war (deliberate causation and use of emergencies in warfare)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Waffe, die im Krieg eingesetzt 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 Kriegswaffe
- Kriegswaffen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Kriegswaffe?
- [ˈkʁiːksˌvafə]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Kriegswaffe in German?
Kriegswaffe appears about once in every 9 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).