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Missionar

German, noun[ˌmɪsi̯oˈnaːɐ̯]

Missionar is spelled M-I-S-S-I-O-N-A-R (9 letters) and appears 1.3 times per million words in written German, the 32,981st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Missionar is a German masculine noun meaning “missionary” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “jemand, der in der christlichen Mission (Verkündung/Bekehrung des/zum christlichen Glauben) tätig ist”.

What does Missionar mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

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

How German dictionaries define it

noun: 1. jemand, der in der christlichen Mission (Verkündung/Bekehrung des/zum christlichen Glauben) tätig ist

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 Missionar

  • Missionars genitive
  • Missionare plural
  • Missionarin feminine
  • Missionaren dative definite plural
  • Missionär alternative
  • Missionärin feminine Austrian German

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce Missionar?

  • [ˌmɪsi̯oˈnaːɐ̯]

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

English words that translate to Missionar

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is Missionar in German?

Missionar appears 1.3 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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