Quastenflosser
German, noun/ˈkvastn̩ˌflɔsɐ/
Quastenflosser is spelled Q-U-A-S-T-E-N-F-L-O-S-S-E-R (14 letters) and appears about once in every 24 million words in written German, the 282,248th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Quastenflosser is a German masculine noun meaning “coelacanth (fish)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Knochenfisch mit quastenförmigen Flossen (Latimeria)”.
What does Quastenflosser mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecoelacanth (fish)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Knochenfisch mit quastenförmigen Flossen (Latimeria)
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 Quastenflosser
- Quastenflossers genitive
- Quastenflossern dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Quastenflosser?
- /ˈkvastn̩ˌflɔsɐ/
- [ˈkvastn̩ˌflɔsɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Quastenflosser
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Quastenflosser in German?
Quastenflosser appears about once in every 24 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).