Präventivschlag
German, noun/pʁɛvɛnˈtiːfˌʃlaːk/
Präventivschlag is spelled P-R-Ä-V-E-N-T-I-V-S-C-H-L-A-G (15 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written German, the 168,023rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Präventivschlag is a German masculine noun meaning “preemptive strike” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Angriff auf einen Feind, um dessen Angriff zuvorzukommen”.
What does Präventivschlag mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepreemptive strike
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Angriff auf einen Feind, um dessen Angriff zuvorzukommen
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 Präventivschlag
- Präventivschlages genitive
- Präventivschlags genitive
- Präventivschlage plural
- Präventivschlagen dative definite plural
- Präventivschläge nominative plural
- Präventivschlägen dative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Präventivschlag?
- /pʁɛvɛnˈtiːfˌʃlaːk/
- [pʁɛvɛnˈtiːfˌʃlaːk]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Präventivschlag in German?
Präventivschlag 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).