Sturmvogel
German, noun
Sturmvogel is spelled S-T-U-R-M-V-O-G-E-L (10 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written German, the 132,783rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sturmvogel is a German masculine noun meaning “petrel” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an umlaut, Sturmvögel is a different word: “nominative/accusative/genitive plural of Sturmvogel”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “Vogel aus der Ordnung der Röhrennasen, der vor allem auf der Südhalbkugel beheimatet ist”.
What does Sturmvogel mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepetrel
- 2
masculinethe ground-attack version of the WWII Messerschmitt Me-262 Schwalbe jet-fighter
noun
- 1
nominative/accusative/genitive plural of Sturmvogel
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Vogel aus der Ordnung der Röhrennasen, der vor allem auf der Südhalbkugel beheimatet ist 2. weiß-brauner Schmetterling, der in Europa und Asien beheimatet ist
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 Sturmvogel
- Sturmvogels genitive
- Sturmvögel plural
- Sturmvögeln dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Sturmvogel
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Sturmvogel in German?
Sturmvogel 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).