Nationalliteratur
German, noun/nat͡si̯oˈnaːl.lɪtəʁaˌtuːɐ̯/
Nationalliteratur is spelled N-A-T-I-O-N-A-L-L-I-T-E-R-A-T-U-R (17 letters) and appears about once in every 15 million words in written German, the 216,904th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Nationalliteratur is a German feminine noun meaning “national literature (the entirety of a nation's literary works of high artistic value)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Gesamtheit der literarischen Werke in einer Nationalsprache und/oder einer Nation”.
What does Nationalliteratur mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininenational literature (the entirety of a nation's literary works of high artistic value)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Gesamtheit der literarischen Werke in einer Nationalsprache und/oder einer Nation
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 Nationalliteratur
- Nationalliteraturen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Nationalliteratur?
- /nat͡si̯oˈnaːl.lɪtəʁaˌtuːɐ̯/
- [nat͡si̯oˈnaːllɪtəʁaˌtuːɐ̯]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Nationalliteratur in German?
Nationalliteratur appears about once in every 15 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).