Meisterdieb
German, noun/ˈmaɪ̯stɐˌdiːp/
Meisterdieb is spelled M-E-I-S-T-E-R-D-I-E-B (11 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written German, the 113,526th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Meisterdieb is a German masculine noun meaning “master thief” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “jemand, der beim Stehlen meisterlichen Sachverstand erkennen lässt, das Diebeshandwerk vortrefflich…”.
What does Meisterdieb mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinemaster thief
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. jemand, der beim Stehlen meisterlichen Sachverstand erkennen lässt, das Diebeshandwerk vortrefflich auszuführen weiß
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 Meisterdieb
- Meisterdiebes genitive
- Meisterdiebs genitive
- Meisterdiebe plural
- Meisterdiebin feminine
- Meisterdieben dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Meisterdieb?
- /ˈmaɪ̯stɐˌdiːp/
- [ˈmaɪ̯stɐˌdiːp]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Meisterdieb in German?
Meisterdieb 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).