Nachtjäger
German, noun
Nachtjäger is spelled N-A-C-H-T-J-Ä-G-E-R (10 letters) and appears about once in every 17 million words in written German, the 232,034th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Nachtjäger is a German masculine noun meaning “a nightfighter, a fighter plane designed for night combat, at a time when fighters were typically daylight and good weather only aircraft” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does Nachtjäger mean in English?
noun
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masculinea nightfighter, a fighter plane designed for night combat, at a time when fighters were typically daylight and good weather only aircraft.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of Nachtjäger
- Nachtjägers genitive
- Nachtjägern dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is Nachtjäger in German?
Nachtjäger 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).