Vogelschwarm
German, noun[ˈfoːɡl̩ˌʃvaʁm]
Vogelschwarm is spelled V-O-G-E-L-S-C-H-W-A-R-M (12 letters) and appears about once in every 20 million words in written German, the 257,657th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Vogelschwarm is a German masculine noun meaning “flock of birds” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Schar von Vögeln; Gruppe von Vögeln, deren Mitglieder sich untereinander nicht individuell kennen, die aber…”.
What does Vogelschwarm mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineflock of birds
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Schar von Vögeln; Gruppe von Vögeln, deren Mitglieder sich untereinander nicht individuell kennen, die aber gemeinsam einen Superorganismus bilden
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 Vogelschwarm
- Vogelschwarmes genitive
- Vogelschwarms genitive
- Vogelschwärme plural
- Vogelschwarme dative singular
- Vogelschwärmen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Vogelschwarm?
- [ˈfoːɡl̩ˌʃvaʁm]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Vogelschwarm in German?
Vogelschwarm appears about once in every 20 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).