Jihad
German, noun[d͡ʒiˈhaːt]
Jihad is spelled J-I-H-A-D (5 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 42,412th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Jihad is a German masculine noun meaning “alternative spelling of Dschihad” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “englische Schreibweise von Dschihad”.
What does Jihad mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinealternative spelling of Dschihad
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. englische Schreibweise von Dschihad
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 Jihad?
- [d͡ʒiˈhaːt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Jihad
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Jihad in German?
Jihad appears about once in every 1 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).