Jak
German, noun[jak]
Jak is spelled J-A-K (3 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 52,749th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Jak is a German masculine noun meaning “alternative spelling of Yak” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Rind aus Zentralasien mit langem Fell”.
What does Jak mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineneuteralternative spelling of Yak
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
abbreviation: 1. Abkürzung für den Jakobusbrief
noun: 1. Rind aus Zentralasien mit langem Fell
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 Jak
- Jaks genitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Jak?
- [jak]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Jak
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Jak in German?
Jak appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).