Menschenkunde
German, noun[ˈmɛnʃn̩ˌkʊndə]
Menschenkunde is spelled M-E-N-S-C-H-E-N-K-U-N-D-E (13 letters) and appears about once in every 12 million words in written German, the 187,243rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Menschenkunde is a German feminine noun meaning “anthropology” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Wissenschaft oder Lehre vom Menschen”.
What does Menschenkunde mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineanthropology
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Wissenschaft oder Lehre vom Menschen
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 Menschenkunde?
- [ˈmɛnʃn̩ˌkʊndə]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Menschenkunde
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Menschenkunde in German?
Menschenkunde appears about once in every 12 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).