"Flammenwerfer" meaning in German

See Flammenwerfer in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈflamənˌvɛʁfɐ/ Audio: De-at-Flammenwerfer.ogg [Austria], De-Flammenwerfer.ogg [Germany, Berlin]
Etymology: From Flamme (“flame”) + werfen (“to throw”) + -er. Etymology templates: {{ety|de|:af|Flamme<t:flame>|werfen<t:to throw>|-er}} [Appendix:Glossary#derived_terms|Derived]] from", "terms" : [ { "is_uncertain" : true, "id" : "inhabitant", "children" : [ ], "status" : "missing", "lang_name" : "German", "term" : "-er", "lang" : "de" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "German", "term" : "-er", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "de" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "German", "term" : "Flammenwerfer", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "de" }" data-lang="de" data-title="Flammenwerfer">, {{compound|de|Flamme|werfen|-er|t1=flame|t2=to throw}} Flamme (“flame”) + werfen (“to throw”) + -er Head templates: {{de-noun|m}} Flammenwerfer m (strong, genitive Flammenwerfers, plural Flammenwerfer) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|m}} Forms: Flammenwerfers [genitive], Flammenwerfer [plural], strong [table-tags], Flammenwerfer [nominative, singular], Flammenwerfer [definite, nominative, plural], Flammenwerfers [genitive, singular], Flammenwerfer [definite, genitive, plural], Flammenwerfer [dative, singular], Flammenwerfern [dative, definite, plural], Flammenwerfer [accusative, singular], Flammenwerfer [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. (military) flamethrower (weapon) Tags: masculine, strong
    Sense id: en-Flammenwerfer-de-noun-dKn~ZHsl Categories (other): Military, Weapons Disambiguation of Weapons: 54 46 Topics: government, military, politics, war
  2. (loosely) blowlamp; flame gun (similar device used for heating, burning out weeds, etc.) Tags: broadly, masculine, strong Synonyms: Gasbrenner, Lötlampe
    Sense id: en-Flammenwerfer-de-noun-1cQ0Fq9D Categories (other): German entries referencing ambiguous etymons, German entries referencing missing etymons, German entries with etymon, German entries with incorrect language header, German terms suffixed with -er, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Pages with etymon, Weapons Disambiguation of German entries referencing ambiguous etymons: 4 96 Disambiguation of German entries referencing missing etymons: 4 96 Disambiguation of German entries with etymon: 5 95 Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 2 98 Disambiguation of German terms suffixed with -er: 15 85 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 4 96 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 2 98 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 98 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 3 97 Disambiguation of Weapons: 54 46

Inflected forms

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  "descendants": [
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      "lang": "Dutch",
      "lang_code": "nl",
      "tags": [
        "calque",
        "calque"
      ],
      "word": "vlammenwerper"
    },
    {
      "lang": "English",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "tags": [
        "calque",
        "calque"
      ],
      "word": "flamethrower"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "tags": [
        "calque",
        "calque"
      ],
      "word": "liekinheitin"
    },
    {
      "lang": "French",
      "lang_code": "fr",
      "tags": [
        "calque",
        "calque"
      ],
      "word": "lance-flamme"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "tags": [
        "calque",
        "calque"
      ],
      "word": "lanzallamas"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "ognemjót",
      "tags": [
        "calque",
        "calque"
      ],
      "word": "огнемёт"
    }
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      "tags": [
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    },
    {
      "form": "Flammenwerfer",
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    },
    {
      "form": "Flammenwerfer",
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      "source": "declension",
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      ]
    },
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      "form": "Flammenwerfer",
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      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
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    }
  ],
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  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
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          "_dis": "54 46",
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          "flamethrower",
          "flamethrower"
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        "(military) flamethrower (weapon)"
      ],
      "tags": [
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      ],
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        "politics",
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      ]
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      ],
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        "(loosely) blowlamp; flame gun (similar device used for heating, burning out weeds, etc.)"
      ],
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        },
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          "word": "Lötlampe"
        }
      ],
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      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈflamənˌvɛʁfɐ/"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "Austria"
      ]
    },
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/58/De-Flammenwerfer.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Germany",
        "Berlin"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "Flammenwerfer"
}
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    "German lemmas",
    "German masculine nouns",
    "German nouns",
    "German terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *bʰel- (shiny)",
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      ],
      "word": "vlammenwerper"
    },
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      "tags": [
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      "lang_code": "fi",
      "tags": [
        "calque",
        "calque"
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      "word": "liekinheitin"
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      "lang_code": "fr",
      "tags": [
        "calque",
        "calque"
      ],
      "word": "lance-flamme"
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      "tags": [
        "calque",
        "calque"
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      "word": "lanzallamas"
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}

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