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Journalist

German, noun/ˌʒʊʁnaˈlɪst/

Journalist is spelled J-O-U-R-N-A-L-I-S-T (10 letters) and appears 17 times per million words in written German, the 4,505th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Journalist is a German masculine noun meaning “journalist (male or of unspecified gender)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “jemand, der beruflich für Zeitungen/Zeitschriften, Radio/Fernsehen oder andere Massenmedien arbeitet und…”.

What does Journalist mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinejournalist (male or of unspecified gender)

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

How German dictionaries define it

noun: 1. jemand, der beruflich für Zeitungen/Zeitschriften, Radio/Fernsehen oder andere Massenmedien arbeitet und Informationen beschafft und verbreitet

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 Journalist

  • Journalisten genitive
  • Journalistin feminine

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

How do you pronounce Journalist?

  • /ˌʒʊʁnaˈlɪst/
  • /ˌʒɔʁnaˈlɪst/
  • [ˌʒɔɐ̯-]

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

English words that translate to Journalist

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

How common is Journalist in German?

Journalist appears 17 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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