Dr.
German, noun
Dr. is spelled D-R (2 letters) and appears 200 times per million words in written German, the 429th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dr. is a German feminine noun meaning “abbreviation of Doktor” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does Dr. mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemasculineabbreviation of Doktor
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
abbreviation: 1. Doktor / Doktorin, Dres.
abbreviation: 1. Deutsche Reichsbahn
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 Dr.
- Dres. plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Dr.
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Dr. in German?
Dr. appears 200 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).