Batik
German, noun
Batik is spelled B-A-T-I-K (5 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written German, the 125,379th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Batik is a German feminine noun meaning “batik” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). In lower case, batik is a different word: “singular imperative of batiken”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “Verfahren, bei dem Stoffe mithilfe von Wachs gemustert und dann gefärbt werden”.
What does Batik mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemasculinebatik
verb
- 1
singular imperative of batiken
- 2
colloquialfirst-person singular present of batiken
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Verfahren, bei dem Stoffe mithilfe von Wachs gemustert und dann gefärbt werden 2. Stoff, der mit diesem Verfahren gefärbt worden ist
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 Batik
- Batiken plural
- Batiks genitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Batik
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Batik in German?
Batik 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).