Rauchschwalbe
German, noun/ˈʁaʊ̯χˌʃvalbə/
Rauchschwalbe is spelled R-A-U-C-H-S-C-H-W-A-L-B-E (13 letters) and appears about once in every 16 million words in written German, the 225,828th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Rauchschwalbe is a German feminine noun meaning “barn swallow (Hirundo rustica)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does Rauchschwalbe mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininebarn swallow (Hirundo rustica)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of Rauchschwalbe
- Rauchschwalben plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Rauchschwalbe?
- /ˈʁaʊ̯χˌʃvalbə/
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Rauchschwalbe in German?
Rauchschwalbe appears about once in every 16 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).