Austernfischer
German, noun[ˈaʊ̯stɐnˌfɪʃɐ]
Austernfischer is spelled A-U-S-T-E-R-N-F-I-S-C-H-E-R (14 letters) and appears about once in every 18 million words in written German, the 238,212th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Austernfischer is a German masculine noun meaning “oystercatcher (bird of the species Haematopus ostralegus)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Seevogel mit rotem Schnabel; Gattung Haematopus, speziell die Art Haematopus ostralegus”.
What does Austernfischer mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineoystercatcher (bird of the species Haematopus ostralegus)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Seevogel mit rotem Schnabel; Gattung Haematopus, speziell die Art Haematopus ostralegus 2. Beruf; Fischer, der sich auf das Fangen von Austern spezialisiert hat 3. flach gebauter Schiffstyp für die Austernfischerei
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 Austernfischer
- Austernfischers genitive
- Austernfischern dative definite plural
- Austernfischerin feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Austernfischer?
- [ˈaʊ̯stɐnˌfɪʃɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Austernfischer
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Austernfischer in German?
Austernfischer appears about once in every 18 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).