Rosinenbomber
German, noun[ʁoˈziːnənˌbɔmbɐ]
Rosinenbomber is spelled R-O-S-I-N-E-N-B-O-M-B-E-R (13 letters) and appears about once in every 25 million words in written German, the 285,944th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Rosinenbomber is a German masculine noun meaning “Candy Bomber, Raisin Bomber (American or British transport aircraft which brought in supplies by airlift to West Berlin during the Soviet…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Flugzeug der amerikanischen und britischen Westalliierten, das im Rahmen der Berliner Luftbrücke (1948–1949)…”.
What does Rosinenbomber mean in English?
noun
- 1
colloquialmasculineCandy Bomber, Raisin Bomber (American or British transport aircraft which brought in supplies by airlift to West Berlin during the Soviet Berlin Blockade in 1948/1949)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Flugzeug der amerikanischen und britischen Westalliierten, das im Rahmen der Berliner Luftbrücke (1948–1949) eingesetzt wurde
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 Rosinenbomber
- Rosinenbombers genitive
- Rosinenbombern dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Rosinenbomber?
- [ʁoˈziːnənˌbɔmbɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Rosinenbomber in German?
Rosinenbomber appears about once in every 25 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).