Lungentorpedo
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The verdict
“Lungentorpedo” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Zigarette
Corpus desk
Index DE-lungentorpedo · Lungentorpedo · German
Lungentorpedo · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | Lungentorpedo |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | […] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Lungentorpedo“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Lungentorpedo is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Zigarette".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Lungentorpedo in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Lungentorpedo, spelled L-U-N-G-E-N-T-O-R-P-E-D-O.
Definition
- 1Zigarette
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Lungentorpedo appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Die deutschen Gefangenen nennen unsere Zigaretten Lungentorpedos. Ein ziemlich gewalttätiger Ausdruck, finden Sie nicht?“
„Du gehst mir mal wieder tierisch auf die Eier mit deinem Gelalle. Laß lieber mal’n Lungentorpedo rüberwachsen.“
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.