Wurfscheibe
German, noun/ˈvʊʁfˌʃaɪ̯bə/
Wurfscheibe is spelled W-U-R-F-S-C-H-E-I-B-E (11 letters) and appears about once in every 18 million words in written German, the 238,212th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Wurfscheibe is a German feminine noun meaning “throwing disk (e.g. a frisbee or a clay pigeon)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Sport- oder Spielgerät zum Werfen in der Form einer Scheibe, zum Beispiel Diskus oder Frisbee”.
What does Wurfscheibe mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininethrowing disk (e.g. a frisbee or a clay pigeon)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Sport- oder Spielgerät zum Werfen in der Form einer Scheibe, zum Beispiel Diskus oder Frisbee 2. Scheibe, die in die Luft geschleudert wird, als Ziel für ein Schießen im sportlichen Wettkampf; Tontaube
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 Wurfscheibe
- Wurfscheiben plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Wurfscheibe?
- /ˈvʊʁfˌʃaɪ̯bə/
- [ˈvʊʁfˌʃaɪ̯bə]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Wurfscheibe
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Wurfscheibe in German?
Wurfscheibe appears about once in every 18 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).