Chorknabe
German, noun/ˈkoːɐ̯ˌknaːbə/
Chorknabe is spelled C-H-O-R-K-N-A-B-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 12 million words in written German, the 187,243rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Chorknabe is a German masculine noun meaning “choirboy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Jugendlicher, der Mitglied eines kirchlichen Chores ist”.
What does Chorknabe mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinechoirboy
- 2
masculineharmless, naive or innocent person
Das waren sicherlich auch alles keine Chorknaben.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Jugendlicher, der Mitglied eines kirchlichen Chores 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 Chorknabe
- Chorknaben genitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Chorknabe?
- /ˈkoːɐ̯ˌknaːbə/
- [ˈkoːɐ̯ˌknaːbə]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Chorknabe
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Chorknabe in German?
Chorknabe appears about once in every 12 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).