Karawanserei
German, noun/ˌkaʁavanzəˈʁaɪ̯/
Karawanserei is spelled K-A-R-A-W-A-N-S-E-R-E-I (12 letters) and appears about once in every 13 million words in written German, the 197,584th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Karawanserei is a German feminine noun meaning “caravanserai” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “ein öffentliches Gebäude an Handelswegen in der islamischen Welt zur Beherbergung von Reisenden mit ihren…”.
What does Karawanserei mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecaravanserai
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ein öffentliches Gebäude an Handelswegen in der islamischen Welt zur Beherbergung von Reisenden mit ihren Zug- beziehungsweise Reittieren und Waren
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 Karawanserei
- Karawansereien plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Karawanserei?
- /ˌkaʁavanzəˈʁaɪ̯/
- /kaʁaˌvaːnzəˈʁaɪ̯/
- [kaʁavanzəˈʁaɪ̯]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Karawanserei
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Karawanserei in German?
Karawanserei appears about once in every 13 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).