Kantor
German, noun/ˈkantoːr/
Kantor is spelled K-A-N-T-O-R (6 letters) and appears 1.4 times per million words in written German, the 31,493rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Kantor is a German masculine noun meaning “cantor” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Person, die im christlichen oder jüdischen Gottesdienst die Orgel spielt und/oder den Chor leitet”.
What does Kantor mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecantor
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Person, die im christlichen oder jüdischen Gottesdienst die Orgel spielt und/oder den Chor leitet
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 Kantor
- Kantors genitive
- Kantoren plural
- Kantorin feminine
- Cantor alternative obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Kantor?
- /ˈkantoːr/
- [ˈkan.toːɐ̯]
- [-tɔɐ̯]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Kantor
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Kantor in German?
Kantor appears 1.4 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).