Amateur
German, noun[amaˈtøːɐ̯]
Amateur is spelled A-M-A-T-E-U-R (7 letters) and appears 11 times per million words in written German, the 6,647th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Amateur is a German masculine noun meaning “amateur” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “jemand, der etwas rein aus Liebhaberei betreibt und nicht berufsmäßig ausübt”.
What does Amateur mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineamateur
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. jemand, der etwas rein aus Liebhaberei betreibt und nicht berufsmäßig ausübt 2. Person, die einen Sport ausübt, ohne dafür bezahlt zu werden 3. Person, die etwas laienhaft und damit unzulänglich tut
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Amateur
- Amateurs genitive
- Amateure plural
- Amateurin feminine
- Amateuren dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Amateur?
- [amaˈtøːɐ̯]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Amateur
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Amateur in German?
Amateur appears 11 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).