Rüstungswettlauf
German, noun[ˈʁʏstʊŋsˌvɛtlaʊ̯f]
Rüstungswettlauf is spelled R-Ü-S-T-U-N-G-S-W-E-T-T-L-A-U-F (16 letters) and appears about once in every 12 million words in written German, the 189,851st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Rüstungswettlauf is a German masculine noun meaning “arms race” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “wechselseitige militärische Aufrüstung zweier oder mehrerer Konkurrenten”.
What does Rüstungswettlauf mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinearms race
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. wechselseitige militärische Aufrüstung zweier oder mehrerer Konkurrenten
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 Rüstungswettlauf
- Rüstungswettlaufes genitive
- Rüstungswettlaufs genitive
- Rüstungswettläufe plural
- Rüstungswettlaufe dative singular
- Rüstungswettläufen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Rüstungswettlauf?
- [ˈʁʏstʊŋsˌvɛtlaʊ̯f]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Rüstungswettlauf in German?
Rüstungswettlauf appears about once in every 12 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).