Januar
German, noun/ˈjanuaːr/
Januar is spelled J-A-N-U-A-R (6 letters) and appears 107 times per million words in written German, the 802nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Januar is a German masculine noun meaning “January (the first month of the Gregorian calendar, following the December of the previous year and preceding February)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “erster, 31-tägiger Monat im Kalenderjahr”.
What does Januar mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineJanuary (the first month of the Gregorian calendar, following the December of the previous year and preceding February)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. erster, 31-tägiger Monat im Kalenderjahr
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 Januar
- Januars genitive
- Januare plural
- Januaren dative definite plural
- Jan. alternative abbreviation
- Jr. abbreviation
- [1] 01., 1., Ⅰ., I. abbreviation
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Januar?
- /ˈjanuaːr/
- [ˈja.nuˌaː(ɐ̯)]
- [-ˌaːʁ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Januar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Januar in German?
Januar appears 107 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).