lammergeier
/ˈlæmɚɡaɪɚ/noun
lammergeier is a noun meaning “A long-winged vulture, Gypaetus barbatus, found in southern Europe, Africa and India” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled L-A-M-M-E-R-G-E-I-E-R, and it appears about once in every 79 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of lammergeier is lammergeiers.
What does lammergeier mean?
noun
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A long-winged vulture, Gypaetus barbatus, found in southern Europe, Africa and India.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce lammergeier?
- UK /ˈlæməɡaɪə/
- US /ˈlæmɚɡaɪɚ/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-lammergeier.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of lammergeier
- lammergeiers plural
- lammergeyer
- lämmergeier
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is lammergeier?
Lammergeier appears about once in every 79 million words in written English, the 282,993rd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Lammergeier in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense Gypaetus barbatus:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | gypaète |
| German | Bartgeier, Lämmergeier |
| Portuguese | xofrango, quebra-ossos |
| Spanish | quebrantahuesos |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does lammergeier come from?
Borrowed from German Lämmergeier.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).