Samurai
German, noun/zamuˈʁaɪ̯/
Samurai is spelled S-A-M-U-R-A-I (7 letters) and appears 2.1 times per million words in written German, the 23,059th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Samurai is a German masculine noun meaning “samurai” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Krieger im vorindustriellen Japan; Mitglied des Militäradels im vorindustriellen Japan, unabhängig von…”.
What does Samurai mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesamurai
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Krieger im vorindustriellen Japan; Mitglied des Militäradels im vorindustriellen Japan, unabhängig von Geschlecht und Alter
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 Samurai
- Samurais genitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Samurai?
- /zamuˈʁaɪ̯/
- [zamuˈʁaɪ̯]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Samurai
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Samurai in German?
Samurai appears 2.1 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).