Presslufthammer
German, noun
Presslufthammer is spelled P-R-E-S-S-L-U-F-T-H-A-M-M-E-R (15 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written German, the 107,140th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Presslufthammer is a German masculine noun meaning “jackhammer (powered by compressed air)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an umlaut, Presslufthämmer is a different word: “nominative/accusative/genitive plural of Presslufthammer”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “für Drucklufthammer, Gerät, bei dem über Druckluft ein Meißel betrieben wird und das häufig im Straßenbau…”.
What does Presslufthammer mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinejackhammer (powered by compressed air)
noun
- 1
nominative/accusative/genitive plural of Presslufthammer
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. für Drucklufthammer, Gerät, bei dem über Druckluft ein Meißel betrieben wird und das häufig im Straßenbau eingesetzt wird
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 Presslufthammer
- Presslufthammers genitive
- Presslufthämmer plural
- Presslufthämmern dative definite plural
- Preßlufthammer obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Presslufthammer
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Presslufthammer in German?
Presslufthammer appears about once in every 5 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).