Doktorfisch
German, noun/ˈdɔktɔɐ̯fɪʃ/
Doktorfisch is spelled D-O-K-T-O-R-F-I-S-C-H (11 letters) and appears about once in every 15 million words in written German, the 214,094th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Doktorfisch is a German masculine noun meaning “surgeonfish or tang of the family Acanthuridae” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “ein beliebiger Fisch, welcher der Familie der Doktorfische [2] angehört”.
What does Doktorfisch mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesurgeonfish or tang of the family Acanthuridae
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ein beliebiger Fisch, welcher der Familie der Doktorfische [2] angehört 2. eine Familie der Fische in der Überordnung der Stachelflosser
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 Doktorfisch
- Doktorfisches genitive
- Doktorfischs genitive
- Doktorfische plural
- Doktorfischen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Doktorfisch?
- /ˈdɔktɔɐ̯fɪʃ/
- [ˈdɔktoːɐ̯fɪʃ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Doktorfisch
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Doktorfisch in German?
Doktorfisch appears about once in every 15 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).