Messerwerfer
German, noun[ˈmɛsɐˌvɛʁfɐ]
Messerwerfer is spelled M-E-S-S-E-R-W-E-R-F-E-R (12 letters) and appears about once in every 17 million words in written German, the 235,032nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Messerwerfer is a German masculine noun meaning “knife thrower” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Person, die ihr Können vorführt, mit einem geschleuderten (geworfenen) Messer Ziele zu treffen”.
What does Messerwerfer mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineknife thrower
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Person, die ihr Können vorführt, mit einem geschleuderten (geworfenen) Messer Ziele zu treffen
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 Messerwerfer
- Messerwerfers genitive
- Messerwerfern dative definite plural
- Messerwerferin feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Messerwerfer?
- [ˈmɛsɐˌvɛʁfɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Messerwerfer in German?
Messerwerfer appears about once in every 17 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).