Kurzwaffe
German, noun/ˈkʊʁt͡sˌvafə/ [ˈkʰʊɐ̯t͡sˌvafə]
Kurzwaffe is spelled K-U-R-Z-W-A-F-F-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 22 million words in written German, the 271,406th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Kurzwaffe is a German feminine noun meaning “A firearm with a barrel shorter than 30 cm, thus a handgun, a short machine pistol, or a very short rifle” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does Kurzwaffe mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineA firearm with a barrel shorter than 30 cm, thus a handgun, a short machine pistol, or a very short rifle.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of Kurzwaffe
- Kurzwaffen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Kurzwaffe?
- /ˈkʊʁt͡sˌvafə/ [ˈkʰʊɐ̯t͡sˌvafə]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Kurzwaffe
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Kurzwaffe in German?
Kurzwaffe appears about once in every 22 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).