Papageientaucher
German, noun[papaˈɡaɪ̯ənˌtaʊ̯xɐ]
Papageientaucher is spelled P-A-P-A-G-E-I-E-N-T-A-U-C-H-E-R (16 letters) and appears about once in every 19 million words in written German, the 251,029th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Papageientaucher is a German masculine noun meaning “puffin (Fratercula arctica)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Vogel aus der Familie der Alken mit auffälligem, buntem Schnabel”.
What does Papageientaucher mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepuffin (Fratercula arctica)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Vogel aus der Familie der Alken mit auffälligem, buntem Schnabel
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 Papageientaucher
- Papageientauchers genitive
- Papageientauchern dative definite plural
- Papageitaucher variant
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Papageientaucher?
- [papaˈɡaɪ̯ənˌtaʊ̯xɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Papageientaucher in German?
Papageientaucher appears about once in every 19 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).