Selbstmordanschlag
German, noun/ˈzɛlpstmɔʁtʔanˌʃlaːk/
Selbstmordanschlag is spelled S-E-L-B-S-T-M-O-R-D-A-N-S-C-H-L-A-G (18 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 77,779th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Selbstmordanschlag is a German masculine noun meaning “suicide attack” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “gegen Personen gerichtetes Attentat, bei dem der Attentäter den eigenen Tod in Kauf nimmt”.
What does Selbstmordanschlag mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesuicide attack
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. gegen Personen gerichtetes Attentat, bei dem der Attentäter den eigenen Tod in Kauf nimmt
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 Selbstmordanschlag
- Selbstmordanschlages genitive
- Selbstmordanschlags genitive
- Selbstmordanschläge plural
- Selbstmordanschlage dative singular
- Selbstmordanschlägen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Selbstmordanschlag?
- /ˈzɛlpstmɔʁtʔanˌʃlaːk/
- [ˈzɛlpstmɔʁtʔanˌʃlaːk]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Selbstmordanschlag
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Selbstmordanschlag in German?
Selbstmordanschlag 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).