Überschallknall
German, noun/ˈyːbɐʃalˌknal/
Überschallknall is spelled Ü-B-E-R-S-C-H-A-L-L-K-N-A-L-L (15 letters) and appears about once in every 11 million words in written German, the 184,742nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Überschallknall is a German masculine noun meaning “sonic boom” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Knall, der beim Durchbrechen der Schallmauer entsteht”.
What does Überschallknall mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesonic boom
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Knall, der beim Durchbrechen der Schallmauer entsteht
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 Überschallknall
- Überschallknalles genitive
- Überschallknalls genitive
- Überschallknalle plural
- Überschallknallen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Überschallknall?
- /ˈyːbɐʃalˌknal/
- [ˈyːbɐʃalˌknal]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Überschallknall in German?
Überschallknall appears about once in every 11 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).