Yak
German, noun/jak/
Yak is spelled Y-A-K (3 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 83,766th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Yak is a German masculine noun meaning “yak (Asian bovine)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Rind aus Zentralasien mit langem Fell”.
What does Yak mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineneuteryak (Asian bovine)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Rind aus Zentralasien mit langem Fell
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 Yak
- Yaks genitive
- Jak alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Yak?
- /jak/
- [jak]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Yak
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Yak in German?
Yak appears about once in every 3 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).