Geisteswissenschaftler
German, noun/ˈɡaɪ̯stəsˌvɪsn̩ʃaftlɐ/
Geisteswissenschaftler is spelled G-E-I-S-T-E-S-W-I-S-S-E-N-S-C-H-A-F-T-L-E-R (22 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 81,387th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Geisteswissenschaftler is a German masculine noun meaning “humanities scholar, liberal arts scholar” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Wissenschaftler, der sich mit einer Geisteswissenschaft beschäftigt”.
What does Geisteswissenschaftler mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinehumanities scholar, liberal arts scholar
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Wissenschaftler, der sich mit einer Geisteswissenschaft beschäftigt
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 Geisteswissenschaftler
- Geisteswissenschaftlers genitive
- Geisteswissenschaftlerin feminine
- Geisteswissenschaftlern dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Geisteswissenschaftler?
- /ˈɡaɪ̯stəsˌvɪsn̩ʃaftlɐ/
- [ˈɡaɪ̯stəsˌvɪsn̩ʃaftlɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Geisteswissenschaftler in German?
Geisteswissenschaftler appears about once in every 3 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).