Hungerkünstler
German, noun[hʊŋɐˌkʏnstlɐ]
Hungerkünstler is spelled H-U-N-G-E-R-K-Ü-N-S-T-L-E-R (14 letters) and appears about once in every 23 million words in written German, the 278,604th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hungerkünstler is a German masculine noun meaning “hunger artist” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “(männliche) Person, die sehr lange ohne Nahrung auskommt (historisch als öffentliche Attraktion auch oder…”.
What does Hungerkünstler mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinehunger artist
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. (männliche) Person, die sehr lange ohne Nahrung auskommt (historisch als öffentliche Attraktion auch oder unfreiwillig aus der Not heraus)
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 Hungerkünstler
- Hungerkünstlers genitive
- Hungerkünstlerin feminine
- Hungerkünstlern dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Hungerkünstler?
- [hʊŋɐˌkʏnstlɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Hungerkünstler in German?
Hungerkünstler appears about once in every 23 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).