Geburtshelfer
German, noun[ɡəˈbʊʁt͡sˌhɛlfɐ]
Geburtshelfer is spelled G-E-B-U-R-T-S-H-E-L-F-E-R (13 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 53,554th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Geburtshelfer is a German masculine noun meaning “midwife (male), accoucheur, obstetrician” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Person, die eine Gebärende bei der Geburt unterstützt und den Geburtsvorgang begleitet”.
What does Geburtshelfer mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinemidwife (male), accoucheur, obstetrician
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Person, die eine Gebärende bei der Geburt unterstützt und den Geburtsvorgang begleitet 2. Initiator/Verursacher von etwas Neuem
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 Geburtshelfer
- Geburtshelfers genitive
- Geburtshelferin feminine
- Geburtshelfern dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Geburtshelfer?
- [ɡəˈbʊʁt͡sˌhɛlfɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Geburtshelfer
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Geburtshelfer in German?
Geburtshelfer appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).