Autor
German, noun/ˈaʊ̯toːɐ̯/
Autor is spelled A-U-T-O-R (5 letters) and appears 58 times per million words in written German, the 1,483rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Autor is a German masculine noun meaning “author” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Person, die einen oder mehrere literarische oder wissenschaftliche Texte verfasst hat”.
What does Autor mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineauthor
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Person, die einen oder mehrere literarische oder wissenschaftliche Texte verfasst hat 2. Urheber eines Werks der Musik, des Films, der Kunst oder der Fotografie 3. Person, die etwas bewirkt oder den Anlass zu etwas gibt
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 Autor
- Autors genitive
- Autoren genitive proscribed rare
- Autorin feminine
- Author alternative obsolete
- Aut. abbreviation
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Autor?
- /ˈaʊ̯toːɐ̯/
- [ˈaʊ̯toːɐ̯]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Autor
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Autor in German?
Autor appears 58 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).