Islamwissenschaft
German, noun/ɪsˈlaːmˌvɪsənʃaft/
Islamwissenschaft is spelled I-S-L-A-M-W-I-S-S-E-N-S-C-H-A-F-T (17 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written German, the 111,951st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Islamwissenschaft is a German feminine noun meaning “Islamic studies (academic study of Islam and Islamic cultures)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “die Lehre vom Islam, seiner heiligen Schrift, dem in arabischer Sprache verfassten Koran, der islamischen…”.
What does Islamwissenschaft mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineIslamic studies (academic study of Islam and Islamic cultures)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. die Lehre vom Islam, seiner heiligen Schrift, dem in arabischer Sprache verfassten Koran, der islamischen Kultur und Geschichte
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 Islamwissenschaft
- Islamwissenschaften plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Islamwissenschaft?
- /ɪsˈlaːmˌvɪsənʃaft/
- [ʔɪsˈlaːmˌvɪsn̩ʃaftʰ]
- [ɪsˈlaːmˌvɪsn̩ʃaft]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Islamwissenschaft in German?
Islamwissenschaft appears about once in every 5 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).