publik
German, adjective/puˈbliːk/
publik is spelled P-U-B-L-I-K (6 letters) and appears 1.9 times per million words in written German, the 25,497th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Publik is a German adjective meaning “publicly known, no longer private, secret” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “allgemein bekannt”.
What does publik mean in English?
adjective
- 1
publicly known, no longer private, secret
Seit die Zustände hinter den Kulissen des Parlaments publik sind, hat das Volk jedes Vertrauen in die politische Klasse verloren.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. allgemein bekannt
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 publik
- publiker positive nominative strong
- publike positive nominative strong
- publikes positive nominative strong
- publiken positive genitive strong
- publikem positive dative strong
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce publik?
- /puˈbliːk/
- /puˈblɪk/
- [puˈbliːk]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is publik in German?
publik appears 1.9 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).