Luftaufklärung
German, noun/ˈlʊftʔaʊ̯fˌklɛːʁʊŋ/
Luftaufklärung is spelled L-U-F-T-A-U-F-K-L-Ä-R-U-N-G (14 letters) and appears about once in every 11 million words in written German, the 182,294th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Luftaufklärung is a German feminine noun meaning “aerial reconnaissance” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “militärische Erforschung und Beobachtung, die aus der Luft erfolgt, mit Flugzeugen durchgeführt wird”.
What does Luftaufklärung mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineaerial reconnaissance
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. militärische Erforschung und Beobachtung, die aus der Luft erfolgt, mit Flugzeugen durchgeführt 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 Luftaufklärung
- Luftaufklärungen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Luftaufklärung?
- /ˈlʊftʔaʊ̯fˌklɛːʁʊŋ/
- /-ˌkleː-/
- [ˈlʊftʔaʊ̯fˌklɛːʁʊŋ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Luftaufklärung in German?
Luftaufklärung appears about once in every 11 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).