Kinderliteratur
German, noun/ˈkɪndɐlɪtəʁaˌtuːɐ̯/
Kinderliteratur is spelled K-I-N-D-E-R-L-I-T-E-R-A-T-U-R (15 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 81,387th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Kinderliteratur is a German feminine noun meaning “children's literature” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Druckwerke/Hörbücher, die für Kinder bestimmt sind”.
What does Kinderliteratur mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininechildren's literature
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Druckwerke/Hörbücher, die für Kinder bestimmt sind
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 Kinderliteratur
- Kinderliteraturen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Kinderliteratur?
- /ˈkɪndɐlɪtəʁaˌtuːɐ̯/
- [ˈkɪndɐlɪtəʁaˌtuːɐ̯]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Kinderliteratur in German?
Kinderliteratur appears about once in every 3 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).