Yoga
German, noun/ˈjoːɡa/
Yoga is spelled Y-O-G-A (4 letters) and appears 8.5 times per million words in written German, the 8,046th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Yoga is a German masculine noun meaning “yoga (a Hindu discipline)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “ein aus dem so genannten östlichen, dem indischen Kulturkreis stammendes philosophisches System mit geistigen…”.
What does Yoga mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineneuteryoga (a Hindu discipline)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ein aus dem so genannten östlichen, dem indischen Kulturkreis stammendes philosophisches System mit geistigen und körperlichen Übungen zur Erlangung verschiedener mentaler und körperlichen Fähigkeiten 2. eine an das so genannte westliche Denken angepasste gymnastische und meditative Sportart
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 Yoga
- Yogas genitive
- Joga alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Yoga?
- /ˈjoːɡa/
- [ˈjoːɡa]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Yoga
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Yoga in German?
Yoga appears 8.5 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).