Messdiener
German, noun/ˈmɛsˌdiːnɐ/
Messdiener is spelled M-E-S-S-D-I-E-N-E-R (10 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 72,255th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Messdiener is a German masculine noun meaning “altar boy, altar girl” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Person mit dienender Funktion in der Messe”.
What does Messdiener mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinealtar boy, altar girl
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Person mit dienender Funktion in der Messe
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 Messdiener
- Messdieners genitive
- Messdienerin feminine
- Messdienern dative definite plural
- Meßdiener alternative
- Messediener alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Messdiener?
- /ˈmɛsˌdiːnɐ/
- [ˈmɛsˌdiːnɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Messdiener in German?
Messdiener appears about once in every 3 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).