Textkritik
German, noun[ˈtɛkstkʁiˌtiːk]
Textkritik is spelled T-E-X-T-K-R-I-T-I-K (10 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written German, the 108,721st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Textkritik is a German feminine noun meaning “textual criticism” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Verfahren, einen nicht mehr erhaltenen Text in seiner ursprünglichen, vom Autor beabsichtigten Form wieder…”.
What does Textkritik mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininetextual criticism
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Verfahren, einen nicht mehr erhaltenen Text in seiner ursprünglichen, vom Autor beabsichtigten Form wieder herzustellen. Dies geschieht durch den kritischen Vergleich späterer, erhaltener Textversionen.
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 Textkritik
- Textkritiken plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Textkritik?
- [ˈtɛkstkʁiˌtiːk]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Textkritik in German?
Textkritik 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).