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Nuntius

German, noun/ˈnʊnt͡si̯ʊs/

Nuntius is spelled N-U-N-T-I-U-S (7 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 41,722nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Nuntius is a German masculine noun meaning “nuncio (diplomatic representative of the Roman Catholic Church)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “ständiger diplomatischer Vertreter beziehungsweise Botschafter des Papstes bei einer Staatsregierung”.

What does Nuntius mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinenuncio (diplomatic representative of the Roman Catholic Church)

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

How German dictionaries define it

noun: 1. ständiger diplomatischer Vertreter beziehungsweise Botschafter des Papstes bei einer Staatsregierung

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 Nuntius

  • Nuntien plural
  • Nuntii plural
  • Nunzius alternative Austrian German

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

How do you pronounce Nuntius?

  • /ˈnʊnt͡si̯ʊs/
  • [ˈnʊnt͡si̯ʊs]

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

English words that translate to Nuntius

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

How common is Nuntius in German?

Nuntius appears about once in every 1 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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