Pontifikat
German, noun/pɔntifiˈkaːt/
Pontifikat is spelled P-O-N-T-I-F-I-K-A-T (10 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written German, the 107,140th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pontifikat is a German masculine noun meaning “pontificate (state of a pontifex)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Amt, Amtszeit und Würde eines Pontifex, Amt und Amtszeit der Päpste”.
What does Pontifikat mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineneuterpontificate (state of a pontifex)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Amt, Amtszeit und Würde eines Pontifex, Amt und Amtszeit der Päpste
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 Pontifikat
- Pontifikats genitive
- Pontifikate plural
- Pontifikaten dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Pontifikat?
- /pɔntifiˈkaːt/
- [pɔntifiˈkaːt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Pontifikat
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Pontifikat in German?
Pontifikat appears about once in every 5 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).