Laternenträger
German, noun[laˈtɛʁnənˌtʁɛːɡɐ]
Laternenträger is spelled L-A-T-E-R-N-E-N-T-R-Ä-G-E-R (14 letters) and appears about once in every 45 million words in written German, the 401,709th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Laternenträger is a German masculine noun meaning “lantern beetle” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Person, die eine Laterne trägt”.
What does Laternenträger mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinelantern beetle
- 2
masculinea kind of fish (Hemigrammus falsei, Hemigrammus mattei).
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Person, die eine Laterne trägt
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 Laternenträger
- Laternenträgers genitive
- Laternenträgern dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Laternenträger?
- [laˈtɛʁnənˌtʁɛːɡɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Laternenträger in German?
Laternenträger appears about once in every 45 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).