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Karate

German, noun/kaˈʁaːtə/

Karate is spelled K-A-R-A-T-E (6 letters) and appears 4.1 times per million words in written German, the 14,267th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Karate is a German neuter noun meaning “karate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “waffenlose Kampf- oder Verteidigungskunst”.

What does Karate mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    neuterkarate

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

How German dictionaries define it

noun: 1. waffenlose Kampf- oder Verteidigungskunst

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 Karate

  • Karates genitive

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

How do you pronounce Karate?

  • /kaˈʁaːtə/
  • /ˌkaʁaˈteː/
  • [kaˈʁaːtə]

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

English words that translate to Karate

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

How common is Karate in German?

Karate appears 4.1 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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