Staubfänger
German, noun/ˈʃtaʊ̯pˌfɛŋɐ/
Staubfänger is spelled S-T-A-U-B-F-Ä-N-G-E-R (11 letters) and appears about once in every 13 million words in written German, the 200,239th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Staubfänger is a German masculine noun meaning “dust catcher; something that is rarely used and catches dust” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does Staubfänger mean in English?
noun
- 1
informalmasculinedust catcher; something that is rarely used and catches dust
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of Staubfänger
- Staubfängers genitive
- Staubfängern dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Staubfänger?
- /ˈʃtaʊ̯pˌfɛŋɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Staubfänger in German?
Staubfänger appears about once in every 13 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).