Luftgitarre
German, noun[ˈlʊftɡiˌtaʁə]
Luftgitarre is spelled L-U-F-T-G-I-T-A-R-R-E (11 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written German, the 165,772nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Luftgitarre is a German feminine noun meaning “air guitar” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “imaginäre Gitarre, auf der jemand spielt, indem er entsprechende Bewegungen vorspielt”.
What does Luftgitarre mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineair guitar
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. imaginäre Gitarre, auf der jemand spielt, indem er entsprechende Bewegungen vorspielt
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 Luftgitarre
- Luftgitarren plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Luftgitarre?
- [ˈlʊftɡiˌtaʁə]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Luftgitarre in German?
Luftgitarre appears about once in every 10 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).