Minenwerfer
German, noun[ˈmiːnənˌvɛʁfɐ]
Minenwerfer is spelled M-I-N-E-N-W-E-R-F-E-R (11 letters) and appears about once in every 13 million words in written German, the 200,239th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Minenwerfer is a German masculine noun meaning “minenwerfer (a short range mine shell launching mortar)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “leichtes Geschütz geringer Reichweite für mittelschwere Geschosse”.
What does Minenwerfer mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineminenwerfer (a short range mine shell launching mortar)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. leichtes Geschütz geringer Reichweite für mittelschwere Geschosse
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 Minenwerfer
- Minenwerfers genitive
- Minenwerfern dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Minenwerfer?
- [ˈmiːnənˌvɛʁfɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Minenwerfer in German?
Minenwerfer appears about once in every 13 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).