Nebelkerze
German, noun[ˈneːbl̩ˌkɛʁt͡sə]
Nebelkerze is spelled N-E-B-E-L-K-E-R-Z-E (10 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written German, the 168,023rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Nebelkerze is a German feminine noun meaning “smoke grenade, smokescreen” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Wurfgeschoss zur Erzeugung von Rauch oder Nebel”.
What does Nebelkerze mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininesmoke grenade, smokescreen
- 2
femininered herring
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Wurfgeschoss zur Erzeugung von Rauch oder Nebel 2. sprachliches Mittel, um etwas zu verschleiern
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 Nebelkerze
- Nebelkerzen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Nebelkerze?
- [ˈneːbl̩ˌkɛʁt͡sə]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Nebelkerze in German?
Nebelkerze appears about once in every 10 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).