Flammenwerfer

== German == === Etymology === From Flamme (“flame”) +‎ werfen (“to throw”) +‎ -er. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈflamənˌvɛʁfɐ/ === Noun === 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 ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Dutch: vlammenwerper (calque) → English: flamethrower (calque) → Finnish: liekinheitin (calque) → French: lance-flamme (calque) → Spanish: lanzallamas (calque) → Russian: огнемёт (ognemjót) (calque) === Further reading === “Flammenwerfer”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German) “Flammenwerfer” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “Flammenwerfer” in Duden online Flammenwerfer on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de