Wurfmesser
German, noun/ˈvʊʁfˌmɛsɐ/
Wurfmesser is spelled W-U-R-F-M-E-S-S-E-R (10 letters) and appears about once in every 12 million words in written German, the 189,851st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Wurfmesser is a German neuter noun meaning “throwing knife” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Messer, das durch seine spezielle Form und Gewichtsverteilung für ein gezieltes Werfen besonders gut geeignet…”.
What does Wurfmesser mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterthrowing knife
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Messer, das durch seine spezielle Form und Gewichtsverteilung für ein gezieltes Werfen besonders gut geeignet 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 Wurfmesser
- Wurfmessers genitive
- Wurfmessern dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Wurfmesser?
- /ˈvʊʁfˌmɛsɐ/
- [ˈvʊʁfˌmɛsɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Wurfmesser in German?
Wurfmesser appears about once in every 12 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).