Vagant
German, noun/vaˈɡant/
Vagant is spelled V-A-G-A-N-T (6 letters) and appears about once in every 39 million words in written German, the 371,567th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Vagant is a German masculine noun meaning “Goliard (wandering student of the 12th or 13th century)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “umherziehender Musikant; Schüler/Student oder Kleriker”.
What does Vagant mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineGoliard (wandering student of the 12th or 13th century)
- 2
masculinevagrant, vagabond
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. umherziehender Musikant; Schüler/Student oder Kleriker 2. Landstreicher
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 Vagant
- Vaganten genitive
- Vagantin feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Vagant?
- /vaˈɡant/
- [vaˈɡant]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Vagant
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Vagant in German?
Vagant appears about once in every 39 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).