Paternoster
German, noun[patɐˈnɔstɐ]
Paternoster is spelled P-A-T-E-R-N-O-S-T-E-R (11 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 88,766th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Paternoster is a German neuter noun meaning “Lord's Prayer” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “wichtigstes Gebet des Christentums”.
What does Paternoster mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterLord's Prayer
- 2
neuterrosary
noun
- 1
masculinepaternoster lift
- 2
masculineadditional side lines on the line
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. wichtigstes Gebet des Christentums 2. mit Perlen besetzte Zählkette, die beim Rosenkranzgebet genutzt wird
noun: 1. Transportmittel mit endloser Kette 2. Aufzugsystem mit mehreren vorn offenen Kabinen (= ohne Türen), die in permanenter Bewegung sind und gleicher Richtung laufen 3. eine beim Angeln verwendete Schnurmontage mit mehreren seitlich abgehenden Vorfächern
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 Paternoster
- Paternosters genitive
- Paternostern dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Paternoster?
- [patɐˈnɔstɐ]
- [paːtɐˈnɔstɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Paternoster
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Paternoster in German?
Paternoster appears about once in every 3 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).