A person who regularly publishes posts on a blog. A blog is a kind of online diary or journal that is accessible to the public.
example
Der bekannte Reise-Blogger hat einen neuen Artikel über seine Zeit in Japan geschrieben.
The well-known travel blogger wrote a new article about his time in Japan.
Usage tips
Origin of the word
The word 'Blogger' (blogger) is borrowed from English. It derives from the word 'Blog' (short for 'Weblog') and is given the German ending '-er', which denotes a person who performs an activity.
EXAMPLE
Er ist Blogger und schreibt über Technik.
He is a blogger and writes about technology.
Word family
The noun 'der Blogger' (the blogger) belongs to a word family around this topic. The related verb is 'bloggen' (to blog), and the activity takes place on a 'Blog' (blog).
EXAMPLE
Sie hat angefangen zu bloggen, weil sie ihre Rezepte teilen wollte.
She started blogging because she wanted to share her recipes.
Specialized bloggers
To describe the type of blog, the topic is often placed directly before 'Blogger' (blogger). This creates compound nouns such as 'Reiseblogger' (travel blogger), 'Modeblogger' (fashion blogger), or 'Foodblogger' (food blogger).
EXAMPLE
Als Foodblogger testet er jede Woche neue Restaurants.
As a food blogger, he tests new restaurants every week.
Compare with
near_synonym · confusable
Blogger vs Autor
author
'der Autor' and 'der Blogger' both write texts that other people can read. 'Autor' is more general and is especially suitable for books, articles, or academic texts. 'Blogger' means a person who regularly publishes texts on a blog on the internet. A blogger can also be an author, but not every author is a blogger. The words can be confused when someone writes online. In that case, 'Blogger' is more precise if it really is about a blog.
Blogger
Der Blogger schreibt jede Woche über gesunde Ernährung.
The blogger writes about healthy eating every week.
Autor
In der Bibliothek sucht meine Schwester ein Buch von diesem Autor.
In the library, my sister is looking for a book by this author.