Hilfswissenschaft
German, noun/ˈhɪlfsˌvɪsn̩ʃaft/
Hilfswissenschaft is spelled H-I-L-F-S-W-I-S-S-E-N-S-C-H-A-F-T (17 letters) and appears about once in every 19 million words in written German, the 251,029th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hilfswissenschaft is a German feminine noun meaning “ancillary science” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “wissenschaftliche Disziplin, deren Methoden und Ergebnisse von der Geschichtswissenschaft benötigt werden”.
What does Hilfswissenschaft mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineancillary science
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. wissenschaftliche Disziplin, deren Methoden und Ergebnisse von der Geschichtswissenschaft benötigt werden
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 Hilfswissenschaft
- Hilfswissenschaften plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Hilfswissenschaft?
- /ˈhɪlfsˌvɪsn̩ʃaft/
- [ˈhɪlfsˌvɪsn̩ʃaft]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Hilfswissenschaft in German?
Hilfswissenschaft appears about once in every 19 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).