Flammenwerfer
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German[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Flamme (“flame”) + werfen (“to throw”) + -er.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
Flammenwerfer m (strong, genitive Flammenwerfers, plural Flammenwerfer)
- (military) flamethrower (weapon)
- (loosely) blowlamp; flame gun (similar device used for heating, burning out weeds, etc.)
- Synonyms: Gasbrenner, Lötlampe
Declension[edit]
Declension of Flammenwerfer [masculine, strong]
Descendants[edit]
- → Dutch: vlammenwerper (calque)
- → Finnish: liekinheitin (calque)
- → French: lance-flamme (calque)
- → English: flamethrower (calque)
- → Russian: огнемёт (ognemjót) (calque)
Further reading[edit]
- “Flammenwerfer” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Flammenwerfer” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “Flammenwerfer” in Duden online
- Flammenwerfer on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de