bibliophil
German, adjective[biblioˈfiːl]
bibliophil is spelled B-I-B-L-I-O-P-H-I-L (10 letters) and appears about once in every 35 million words in written German, the 348,070th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bibliophil is a German adjective meaning “bibliophile” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Bücher liebend”.
What does bibliophil mean in English?
adjective
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bibliophile
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Bücher liebend 2. wertvoll, kostbar für Bücherliebhaber
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 bibliophil
- bibliophiler masculine nominative singular
- am bibliophilsten superlative
- bibliophile feminine nominative singular
- bibliophiles neuter nominative singular
- bibliophilen genitive masculine singular
- bibliophilem dative masculine singular
- der bibliophile definite includes-article masculine
- die bibliophile definite feminine includes-article
- das bibliophile definite includes-article neuter
- die bibliophilen definite includes-article nominative
- des bibliophilen definite genitive includes-article
- der bibliophilen definite feminine genitive
- dem bibliophilen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bibliophil?
- [biblioˈfiːl]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is bibliophil in German?
bibliophil appears about once in every 35 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).