Orientalistik
German, noun/oːriɛntaˈlɪstɪk/
Orientalistik is spelled O-R-I-E-N-T-A-L-I-S-T-I-K (13 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written German, the 140,468th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Orientalistik is a German feminine noun meaning “Oriental studies” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “interdisziplinäre Wissenschaft, die sich mit der Geschichte, der Kultur und den Sprachen im Orient beschäftigt”.
What does Orientalistik mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineOriental studies
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. interdisziplinäre Wissenschaft, die sich mit der Geschichte, der Kultur und den Sprachen im Orient beschäftigt
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce Orientalistik?
- /oːriɛntaˈlɪstɪk/
- [oʁiɛntaˈlɪstɪk]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Orientalistik in German?
Orientalistik 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).