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Legende

German, noun

Legende is a German feminine noun meaning “legend (story)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). In lower case, legende is a different word: “strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “Erzählung über Begebenheiten, Leben und Tod von Personen, in erhöhender Weise – ähnlich der Sage oder dem…”.

What does Legende mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininelegend (story)

  2. 2

    femininelegend (legendary person)

  3. 3

    femininecaption, legend (key or explanation to a map, illustration, chart etc.)

verb

as legende
  1. 1

    femininestrong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular

  2. 2

    strong nominative/accusative plural

  3. 3

    weak nominative all-gender singular

  4. 4

    feminineneuterweak accusative feminine/neuter singular

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Erzählung über Begebenheiten, Leben und Tod von Personen, in erhöhender Weise – ähnlich der Sage oder dem Mythos 2. verbreitete Behauptung, Erzählung, die nicht belegt werden kann, oder grotesk übertrieben wirkt, häufig unter der englischen Bezeichnung urban legend ^(→ en) oder urban myth ^(→ en) 3. erklärende Liste der Bedeutungen 4. Erklärung der Symbole einer Landkarte oder eines Stadtplanes

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 Legende

  • Legenden plural

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

English words that translate to Legende

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is Legende in German?

Legende appears 18 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).