Luftmine
[ˈlʊftˌmiːnə]
The verdict
“Luftmine” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - von Flugzeugen abgeworfene große Sprengbombe
Corpus desk
Index DE-luftmine · Luftmine · German
Luftmine · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "L" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Luftmine |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈlʊftˌmiːnə] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Luftmine“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Luftmine is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈlʊftˌmiːnə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "von Flugzeugen abgeworfene große Sprengbombe".
Luftmine has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Luftmine, spelled L-U-F-T-M-I-N-E.
Definition
- 1von Flugzeugen abgeworfene große Sprengbombe
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Luftmine appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Irgendwo in der Nähe detonierte eine Luftmine.“
„Bis Februar warfen die Amerikaner hauptsächlich Sprengbomben und Luftminen ab.“
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.