Doktor
German, noun/ˈdɔktoːr/
Doktor is spelled D-O-K-T-O-R (6 letters) and appears 16 times per million words in written German, the 4,698th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Doktor is a German masculine noun meaning “doctor” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Person mit medizinischer Ausbildung”.
What does Doktor mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinedoctor
- 2
informalmasculinedoctor, physician
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Person mit medizinischer Ausbildung 2. akademischer Grad, den man nach erfolgreicher Promotion und erfolgter Verleihung durch eine Hochschule führen darf
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 Doktor
- Doktors genitive
- Doktoren plural
- Doktores archaic plural
- Doktorin feminine
- Doctor alternative obsolete
- Dr. alternative abbreviation
- Dres. abbreviation plural
- D. abbreviation archaic
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Doktor?
- /ˈdɔktoːr/
- [ˈdɔk.toːɐ̯]
- [-tɔɐ̯]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Doktor
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Doktor in German?
Doktor appears 16 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).