Banja
German, noun[ˈbanja]
Banja is spelled B-A-N-J-A (5 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written German, the 129,075th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Banja is a German feminine noun meaning “Russian banya” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “öffentliches russisches Bad, meist ein Dampfbad”.
What does Banja mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineRussian banya
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. öffentliches russisches Bad, meist ein Dampfbad
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 Banja
- Banjas nominative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Banja?
- [ˈbanja]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Banja
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Banja in German?
Banja appears about once in every 6 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).