Bischof
German, noun/ˈbɪʃɔf/
Bischof is spelled B-I-S-C-H-O-F (7 letters) and appears 22 times per million words in written German, the 3,577th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bischof is a German masculine noun meaning “bishop (male or of unspecified gender)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “kirchlicher Würdenträger in einigen Konfessionen, der meist die geistliche und administrative Leitung eines…”.
What does Bischof mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinebishop (male or of unspecified gender)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. kirchlicher Würdenträger in einigen Konfessionen, der meist die geistliche und administrative Leitung eines bestimmten Gebietes hat (seines Bistums)
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 Bischof
- Bischofs genitive
- Bischöfe plural
- Bischöfin feminine
- Bischöfen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Bischof?
- /ˈbɪʃɔf/
- /ˈbɪʃoːf/
- [ˈbɪʃɔf]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Bischof
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Bischof in German?
Bischof appears 22 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).