Molotowcocktail
German, noun/ˈmɔ.lo.tɔfˌkɔk.tɛɪ̯l/
Molotowcocktail is spelled M-O-L-O-T-O-W-C-O-C-K-T-A-I-L (15 letters) and appears about once in every 12 million words in written German, the 189,851st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Molotowcocktail is a German masculine noun meaning “Molotov cocktail” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “einfach konstruierter Wurfbrandsatz, meist in Form einer mit Benzin gefüllten Glasflasche”.
What does Molotowcocktail mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineMolotov cocktail
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. einfach konstruierter Wurfbrandsatz, meist in Form einer mit Benzin gefüllten Glasflasche
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 Molotowcocktail
- Molotowcocktails genitive
- Molotow-Cocktail alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Molotowcocktail?
- /ˈmɔ.lo.tɔfˌkɔk.tɛɪ̯l/
- /-teːl/
- [ˈmɔlotɔfˌkɔktɛɪ̯l]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Molotowcocktail in German?
Molotowcocktail appears about once in every 12 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).