Iranistik
German, noun/iʁaˈnɪstɪk/
Iranistik is spelled I-R-A-N-I-S-T-I-K (9 letters) and appears about once in every 43 million words in written German, the 391,488th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Iranistik is a German feminine noun meaning “Iranian studies” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “interdisziplinäre Wissenschaft, die sich mit der Geschichte, Kultur und Sprache der iranischen Völker…”.
What does Iranistik mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineIranian studies
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. interdisziplinäre Wissenschaft, die sich mit der Geschichte, Kultur und Sprache der iranischen Völker beziehungsweise des Iran 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.
How do you pronounce Iranistik?
- /iʁaˈnɪstɪk/
- [ʔiʁaˈnɪstɪkʰ]
- [iʁaˈnɪstɪk]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Iranistik in German?
Iranistik appears about once in every 43 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).