Papierflieger
German, noun/paˈpiːɐ̯ˌfliːɡɐ/
Papierflieger is spelled P-A-P-I-E-R-F-L-I-E-G-E-R (13 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written German, the 123,622nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Papierflieger is a German masculine noun meaning “paper airplane (US), paper aeroplane (British), paper plane” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “aus Papier hergestelltes Flugobjekt ohne eigenen Antrieb”.
What does Papierflieger mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepaper airplane (US), paper aeroplane (British), paper plane
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. aus Papier hergestelltes Flugobjekt ohne eigenen Antrieb
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 Papierflieger
- Papierfliegers genitive
- Papierfliegern dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Papierflieger?
- /paˈpiːɐ̯ˌfliːɡɐ/
- [paˈpiːɐ̯ˌfliːɡɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Papierflieger in German?
Papierflieger appears about once in every 6 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).