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Journal

German, noun/ʒʊrˈnaːl/

Journal is spelled J-O-U-R-N-A-L (7 letters) and appears 13 times per million words in written German, the 5,816th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Journal is a German neuter noun meaning “magazine (non-academic publication, usually heavily illustrated)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “meist täglich erscheinende Zeitung”.

What does Journal mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    neutermagazine (non-academic publication, usually heavily illustrated)

  2. 2

    neuteran evening TV programme which summarises and discusses the news of the day

  3. 3

    archaicneuterjournal, diary, daybook

  4. 4

    archaicneuterjournal (academic publication)

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

noun: 1. meist täglich erscheinende Zeitung 2. mit Bildern ausgestattete Zeitschrift 3. Tagebuch 4. Schiffstagebuch

noun: 1. Zeitschrift mit naturwissenschaftlichen Inhalten

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 Journal

  • Journals genitive
  • Journale plural
  • Journalen dative definite plural

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce Journal?

  • /ʒʊrˈnaːl/
  • [ʒʊʁˈnaːl]
  • [ʒʊɐ̯-]

Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to Journal

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is Journal in German?

Journal appears 13 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).

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