Luftschutzbunker
German, noun/ˈlʊftʃʊt͡sˌbʊŋkɐ/
Luftschutzbunker is spelled L-U-F-T-S-C-H-U-T-Z-B-U-N-K-E-R (16 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written German, the 113,526th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Luftschutzbunker is a German masculine noun meaning “air-raid shelter, bomb shelter” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “ein gesicherter Raum oder ein gesichertes Gebäude (Bunker), das vor den Folgen von Luftangriffen schützen soll”.
What does Luftschutzbunker mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineair-raid shelter, bomb shelter
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ein gesicherter Raum oder ein gesichertes Gebäude (Bunker), das vor den Folgen von Luftangriffen schützen soll
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 Luftschutzbunker
- Luftschutzbunkers genitive
- Luftschutzbunkern dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Luftschutzbunker?
- /ˈlʊftʃʊt͡sˌbʊŋkɐ/
- [ˈlʊftʃʊt͡sˌbʊŋkɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Luftschutzbunker in German?
Luftschutzbunker appears about once in every 5 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).