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Philatelist

German, noun/filateˈlɪst/

Philatelist is a German masculine noun meaning “philatelist (A collector of stamps) (male or of unspecified gender)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Person, die sich beruflich oder als Hobby mit Briefmarken befasst”.

What does Philatelist mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinephilatelist (A collector of stamps) (male or of unspecified gender)

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

How German dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Person, die sich beruflich oder als Hobby mit Briefmarken befasst

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 Philatelist

  • Philatelisten genitive
  • Philatelistin feminine

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

How do you pronounce Philatelist?

  • /filateˈlɪst/
  • [filateˈlɪst]

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

English words that translate to Philatelist

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

How common is Philatelist in German?

Philatelist appears about once in every 51 million words in written German.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).