Sprengstoffweste
German, noun[ˈʃpʁɛŋʃtɔfˌvɛstə]
Sprengstoffweste is spelled S-P-R-E-N-G-S-T-O-F-F-W-E-S-T-E (16 letters) and appears about once in every 26 million words in written German, the 297,534th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sprengstoffweste is a German feminine noun meaning “suicide vest” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “wie eine Weste am Körper tragbare Sprengladung, wie sie Selbstmordattentäter benutzen”.
What does Sprengstoffweste mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininesuicide vest
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. wie eine Weste am Körper tragbare Sprengladung, wie sie Selbstmordattentäter benutzen
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 Sprengstoffweste
- Sprengstoffwesten plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Sprengstoffweste?
- [ˈʃpʁɛŋʃtɔfˌvɛstə]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Sprengstoffweste in German?
Sprengstoffweste appears about once in every 26 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).