Sternsinger
German, noun[ˈʃtɛʁnˌzɪŋɐ]
Sternsinger is spelled S-T-E-R-N-S-I-N-G-E-R (11 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 71,199th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sternsinger is a German masculine noun meaning “caroler (dressed like the Magi)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “als Heilige Drei Könige verkleidete Kinder oder Jugendliche (häufig Ministranten), die um den 6. Januar…”.
What does Sternsinger mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecaroler (dressed like the Magi)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. als Heilige Drei Könige verkleidete Kinder oder Jugendliche (häufig Ministranten), die um den 6. Januar (Dreikönigsfest) herum von Tür zu Tür ziehen, ein Lied vortragen und Spenden für Wohltätigkeitsprojekte sammeln
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 Sternsinger
- Sternsingers genitive
- Sternsingern dative definite plural
- Sternsingerin feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Sternsinger?
- [ˈʃtɛʁnˌzɪŋɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Sternsinger in German?
Sternsinger appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).