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Literaturwissenschaftlerin

German, noun/lɪtəʁaˈtuːɐ̯ˌvɪsn̩ʃaftləʁɪn/

Literaturwissenschaftlerin is spelled L-I-T-E-R-A-T-U-R-W-I-S-S-E-N-S-C-H-A-F-T-L-E-R-I-N (26 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written German, the 140,468th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Literaturwissenschaftlerin is a German feminine noun meaning “female equivalent of Literaturwissenschaftler (“literary scholar”)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Wissenschaftlerin oder Lehrerin der sprachlichen, insbesondere schriftlich fixierten Überlieferung…”.

What does Literaturwissenschaftlerin mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininefemale equivalent of Literaturwissenschaftler (“literary scholar”)

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

How German dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Wissenschaftlerin oder Lehrerin der sprachlichen, insbesondere schriftlich fixierten Überlieferung (Literaturwissenschaft)

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 Literaturwissenschaftlerin

  • Literaturwissenschaftlerinnen plural
  • Literaturwissenschaftler masculine

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce Literaturwissenschaftlerin?

  • /lɪtəʁaˈtuːɐ̯ˌvɪsn̩ʃaftləʁɪn/
  • [lɪtəʁaˈtuːɐ̯ˌvɪsn̩ʃaftləʁɪn]

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

How common is Literaturwissenschaftlerin in German?

Literaturwissenschaftlerin appears about once in every 7 million words in written German.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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