Historikerstreit
German, noun/hɪsˈtoːʁɪkɐˌʃtʁaɪ̯t/
Historikerstreit is spelled H-I-S-T-O-R-I-K-E-R-S-T-R-E-I-T (16 letters) and appears about once in every 9 million words in written German, the 156,943rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Historikerstreit is a German noun meaning “A 1980s West German debate on how to incorporate Nazi Germany and the Holocaust into German historiography, and more generally into the…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “in den Jahren 1986/87 angesiedelte Geschichtskontroverse unter Historikern um die Singularität des Holocaust”.
What does Historikerstreit mean in English?
noun
- 1
A 1980s West German debate on how to incorporate Nazi Germany and the Holocaust into German historiography, and more generally into the German people's view of themselves.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. in den Jahren 1986/87 angesiedelte Geschichtskontroverse unter Historikern um die Singularität des Holocaust
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 Historikerstreit
- der Historikerstreit canonical masculine
- des Historikerstreites definite genitive
- des Historikerstreits definite genitive
- Historikerstreits genitive singular
- Historikerstreites genitive singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Historikerstreit?
- /hɪsˈtoːʁɪkɐˌʃtʁaɪ̯t/
- [hɪsˈtoːʁɪkɐˌʃtʁaɪ̯t]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Historikerstreit in German?
Historikerstreit appears about once in every 9 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).