Noviziat
German, noun/noviˈt͡si̯aːt/
Noviziat is spelled N-O-V-I-Z-I-A-T (8 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written German, the 140,468th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Noviziat is a German masculine noun meaning “novitiate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Probezeit/Einführungszeit am Beginn des Klosterlebens vor dem Ablegen der Ordensgelübde”.
What does Noviziat mean in English?
noun
- 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. Probezeit/Einführungszeit am Beginn des Klosterlebens vor dem Ablegen der Ordensgelübde 2. Bereich im Kloster, in dem die Novizen/Novizinnen wohnen und arbeiten
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 Noviziat
- Noviziates genitive
- Noviziats genitive
- Noviziate plural
- Noviziaten dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Noviziat?
- /noviˈt͡si̯aːt/
- [noviˈt͡si̯aːt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Noviziat
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Noviziat in German?
Noviziat appears about once in every 7 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).