Tornister
German, noun/tɔrˈnɪstər/
Tornister is spelled T-O-R-N-I-S-T-E-R (9 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written German, the 102,515th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tornister is a German masculine noun meaning “knapsack of a soldier” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Gepäckstück, das ein Soldat (oder ein Wanderer oder dergleichen) auf dem Rücken trägt”.
What does Tornister mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineknapsack of a soldier
- 2
masculineschoolbag, rectangular satchel employed by pupils to carry utilities to school
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Gepäckstück, das ein Soldat (oder ein Wanderer oder dergleichen) auf dem Rücken trägt 2. Behälter, in dem ein Schüler seine Hefte und Bücher auf dem Rücken trägt
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 Tornister
- Tornisters genitive
- Tornistern dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Tornister?
- /tɔrˈnɪstər/
- [tɔʁˈnɪs.tɐ]
- [tɔ(ɐ̯)-]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Tornister
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Tornister in German?
Tornister appears about once in every 4 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).