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Seemann

German, noun/ˈzeːman/

Seemann is spelled S-E-E-M-A-N-N (7 letters) and appears 2.8 times per million words in written German, the 19,169th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Seemann is a German masculine noun meaning “sailor (worker on a ship)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “eine in der Seeschifffahrt tätige Person”.

What does Seemann mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinesailor (worker on a ship)

  2. 2

    masculineseaman

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

How German dictionaries define it

noun: 1. eine in der Seeschifffahrt tätige Person

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 Seemann

  • Seemanns genitive
  • Seemannes genitive
  • Seeleute plural
  • Seemänner plural
  • Seefrau feminine rare
  • Seemännin feminine rare
  • Seemanne dative singular
  • Seeleuten dative definite plural
  • Seemännern dative definite plural

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

How do you pronounce Seemann?

  • /ˈzeːman/
  • [ˈzeːˌman]

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

English words that translate to Seemann

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

How common is Seemann in German?

Seemann appears 2.8 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).

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