Schneekanone
German, noun/ˈʃneːkaˌnoːnə/
Schneekanone is spelled S-C-H-N-E-E-K-A-N-O-N-E (12 letters) and appears about once in every 37 million words in written German, the 362,108th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schneekanone is a German feminine noun meaning “snow cannon, snowgun” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Gerät zum Erzeugen von Kunstschnee”.
What does Schneekanone mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininesnow cannon, snowgun
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Gerät zum Erzeugen von Kunstschnee
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 Schneekanone
- Schneekanonen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Schneekanone?
- /ˈʃneːkaˌnoːnə/
- [ˈʃneːkaˌnoːnə]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Schneekanone in German?
Schneekanone appears about once in every 37 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).