Kavalier
German, noun/kavaˈliːɐ̯/
Kavalier is spelled K-A-V-A-L-I-E-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 59,520th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Kavalier is a German masculine noun meaning “gentleman” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “ritterlicher, vornehmer Mann”.
What does Kavalier mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinegentleman
- 2
colloquialdatedmasculineboyfriend; sweetheart of a girl
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ritterlicher, vornehmer Mann
noun: 1. erhöhte Geschützstellung in einer Festung
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 Kavalier
- Kavaliers genitive
- Kavaliere plural
- Kavalieren dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Kavalier?
- /kavaˈliːɐ̯/
- /ˈkavaˌliːɐ̯/
- [kavaˈliːɐ̯]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Kavalier
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Kavalier in German?
Kavalier appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).