Rauchfahne
German, noun[ˈʁaʊ̯xˌfaːnə]
Rauchfahne is spelled R-A-U-C-H-F-A-H-N-E (10 letters) and appears about once in every 20 million words in written German, the 257,657th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Rauchfahne is a German feminine noun meaning “smoke plume” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Rauch, der aus einem Schornstein steigt und vom Wind in eine Richtung getrieben wird, so dass er eine…”.
What does Rauchfahne mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininesmoke plume
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Rauch, der aus einem Schornstein steigt und vom Wind in eine Richtung getrieben wird, so dass er eine fahnenähnliche Wolke bildet
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 Rauchfahne
- Rauchfahnen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Rauchfahne?
- [ˈʁaʊ̯xˌfaːnə]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Rauchfahne in German?
Rauchfahne appears about once in every 20 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).