Italianistik
German, noun/italiaˈnɪstɪk/
Italianistik is spelled I-T-A-L-I-A-N-I-S-T-I-K (12 letters) and appears about once in every 51 million words in written German, the 434,655th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Italianistik is a German feminine noun meaning “Italian studies (academic study of Italian language and literature)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Wissenschaft der italienischen Sprache, des Landes, der Kultur, Literatur und Geschichte Italiens”.
What does Italianistik mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineItalian studies (academic study of Italian language and literature)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Wissenschaft der italienischen Sprache, des Landes, der Kultur, Literatur und Geschichte Italiens
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 Italianistik?
- /italiaˈnɪstɪk/
- [ʔitʰaliaˈnɪstɪkʰ]
- [itali̯aˈnɪstɪk]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Italianistik in German?
Italianistik appears about once in every 51 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).