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Kriminologie

German, noun[kʁiminoloˈɡiː]

Kriminologie is a German feminine noun meaning “criminology” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Wissenschaft, die sich mit Ursachen und Erscheinungsformen von Verbrechen und die Verhütung solcher…”.

What does Kriminologie mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininecriminology

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

How German dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Wissenschaft, die sich mit Ursachen und Erscheinungsformen von Verbrechen und die Verhütung solcher auseinandersetzt

The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.

Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

How do you pronounce Kriminologie?

  • [kʁiminoloˈɡiː]

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

English words that translate to Kriminologie

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

How common is Kriminologie in German?

Kriminologie 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).