Lafette
German, noun/laˈfɛtə/
Lafette is spelled L-A-F-E-T-T-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 12 million words in written German, the 192,441st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Lafette is a German feminine noun meaning “gun carriage” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “fahrbares Untergestell, auf dem ein Geschütz (eine Waffe, eine Kanone) montiert werden kann”.
What does Lafette mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininegun carriage
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. fahrbares Untergestell, auf dem ein Geschütz (eine Waffe, eine Kanone) montiert werden kann
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 Lafette
- Lafetten plural
- Laffete alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Lafette?
- /laˈfɛtə/
- [ˌlaˈfɛtə]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Lafette in German?
Lafette appears about once in every 12 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).