Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

storm trooper

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.40 in modern English

Syllables: stor-m troop-er
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A German soldier trained in special infiltration tactics, introduced around the end of World War I.

Etymology

Based on, but not quite a calque of, German Sturmtruppen (literally “storm troops”).

Origin

Source language: German

Word Breakdown

Root: Sturmtruppen

Inflected Forms

storm troopers (plural) stormtrooper (alternative) storm-trooper (alternative)

Questions

What does storm trooper mean?: A German soldier trained in special infiltration tactics, introduced around the end of World War I.
Where does storm trooper come from?: It is traced to German.

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