Janker
German, noun[ˈjankɐ]
Janker is spelled J-A-N-K-E-R (6 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written German, the 102,515th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Janker is a German masculine noun meaning “A traditional Alpine jacket made of fulled sheep's wool” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “zur alpenländischen Trachtenmode gehörende gerade geschnittene, hüftlange Jacke aus gewalkter Schafwolle”.
What does Janker mean in English?
noun
- 1
AustriamasculineA traditional Alpine jacket made of fulled sheep's wool
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. zur alpenländischen Trachtenmode gehörende gerade geschnittene, hüftlange Jacke aus gewalkter Schafwolle
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 Janker
- Jankers genitive
- Jankern dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Janker?
- [ˈjankɐ]
- [ˈjaŋkɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Janker in German?
Janker appears about once in every 4 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).