Japanologie
German, noun/japanoloˈɡiː/
Japanologie is spelled J-A-P-A-N-O-L-O-G-I-E (11 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written German, the 98,214th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Japanologie is a German feminine noun meaning “Japanese studies, Japanology” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Wissenschaft, die sich mit Japan beschäftigt”.
What does Japanologie mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineJapanese studies, Japanology
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Wissenschaft, die sich mit Japan beschäftigt
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 Japanologie?
- /japanoloˈɡiː/
- [japʰanoloˈɡiː]
- [japanoloˈɡiː]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Japanologie in German?
Japanologie 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).