Gebet
German, noun
Gebet is a German neuter noun meaning “prayer” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). In lower case, gebet is a different word: “second-person plural subjunctive I of geben”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “an einen Gott gerichtete Bitte, Gespräch mit einem Gott”.
What does Gebet mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterprayer
verb
- 1
second-person plural subjunctive I of geben
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. an einen Gott gerichtete Bitte, Gespräch mit einem Gott 2. meist festgelegte Worte, die an eine Gottheit gerichtet sind, um sie zu bitten, ihr zu danken oder sie zu verehren
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 Gebet
- Gebetes genitive
- Gebets genitive
- Gebete plural
- Gebetchen diminutive neuter
- Gebetlein diminutive neuter
- Gebeten dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Gebet
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Gebet in German?
Gebet appears 9.1 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).