Selbstmordattentat
German, noun[ˈzɛlpstmɔʁtˌʔatn̩taːt]
Selbstmordattentat is spelled S-E-L-B-S-T-M-O-R-D-A-T-T-E-N-T-A-T (18 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written German, the 138,538th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Selbstmordattentat is a German neuter 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 Selbstmordattentat mean in English?
noun
- 1
neutersuicide 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 Selbstmordattentat
- Selbstmordattentates genitive
- Selbstmordattentats genitive
- Selbstmordattentate plural
- Selbstmordattentaten dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Selbstmordattentat?
- [ˈzɛlpstmɔʁtˌʔatn̩taːt]
- [ˈzɛlpstmɔʁtʔatɛnˌtaːt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Selbstmordattentat
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Selbstmordattentat in German?
Selbstmordattentat appears about once in every 7 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).