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Lyrik

German, noun[ˈlyːʁɪk]

Lyrik is spelled L-Y-R-I-K (5 letters) and appears 6.3 times per million words in written German, the 10,247th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Lyrik is a German feminine noun meaning “poetry, verse; lyric poetry” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Kunstform der Literatur (Gedicht)”.

What does Lyrik mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininepoetry, verse; lyric poetry

  2. 2

    femininelyrics

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

How German dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Kunstform der Literatur (Gedicht) 2. gedichtetes Werk eines Künstlers

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 Lyrik?

  • [ˈlyːʁɪk]

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

How common is Lyrik in German?

Lyrik appears 6.3 times per 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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