Kriminalist
German, noun/kʁiminaˈlɪst/
Kriminalist is spelled K-R-I-M-I-N-A-L-I-S-T (11 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written German, the 115,169th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Kriminalist is a German masculine noun meaning “criminal detective” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “jemand, der sich mit der Aufklärung von Kriminalfällen beschäftigt; ein Fachmann der Kriminalistik”.
What does Kriminalist mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecriminal detective
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. jemand, der sich mit der Aufklärung von Kriminalfällen beschäftigt; ein Fachmann der Kriminalistik
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 Kriminalist
- Kriminalisten genitive
- Kriminalistin feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Kriminalist?
- /kʁiminaˈlɪst/
- [kʁiminaˈlɪst]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Kriminalist
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Kriminalist in German?
Kriminalist appears about once in every 5 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).