Meistersinger
German, noun[ˈmaɪ̯stɐˌzɪŋɐ]
Meistersinger is spelled M-E-I-S-T-E-R-S-I-N-G-E-R (13 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 65,066th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Meistersinger is a German masculine noun meaning “mastersinger (a German lyric poet of the late Middle Ages)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “meist in Städten ansässige Dichterhandwerker des 15. und 16. Jahrhunderts, die den Meistersang betrieben”.
What does Meistersinger mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinemastersinger (a German lyric poet of the late Middle Ages)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. meist in Städten ansässige Dichterhandwerker des 15. und 16. Jahrhunderts, die den Meistersang betrieben
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 Meistersinger
- Meistersingers genitive
- Meistersingern dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Meistersinger?
- [ˈmaɪ̯stɐˌzɪŋɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Meistersinger in German?
Meistersinger 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).