Rohrkrepierer
German, noun/ˈʁoːɐ̯kʁeˌpiːʁɐ/
Rohrkrepierer is spelled R-O-H-R-K-R-E-P-I-E-R-E-R (13 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 85,035th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Rohrkrepierer is a German masculine noun meaning “barrel burst (detonation of munitions while still in the barrel of the weapon)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “vorzeitige Detonation eines Geschosses (noch vor dem Verlassen des Geschützes)”.
What does Rohrkrepierer mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinebarrel burst (detonation of munitions while still in the barrel of the weapon)
- 2
informalmasculinenon-starter, flop (idea or project that is considered a failure right after, or even before, being launched)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. vorzeitige Detonation eines Geschosses (noch vor dem Verlassen des Geschützes) 2. eine zunächst aussichtsreiche Sache, die sich später als Reinfall entpuppt
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 Rohrkrepierer
- Rohrkrepierers genitive
- Rohrkrepierern dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Rohrkrepierer?
- /ˈʁoːɐ̯kʁeˌpiːʁɐ/
- [ˈʁoːɐ̯kʁeˌpiːʁɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Rohrkrepierer in German?
Rohrkrepierer appears about once in every 3 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).