Order
German, noun
Order is a German feminine noun meaning “order, command” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). In lower case, order is a different word: “first-person singular present”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “Anordnung/Befehl, was zu tun oder zu unterlassen ist”.
What does Order mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineinformalorder, command
Der Chef telefoniert mit seiner Frau. Ich habe strenge Order, keinen ins Büro zu lassen.
- 2
feminineorder (request for delivery, usually in bulk)
Die Fluggesellschaft hat ihre jüngste Order über 35 Passagierflugzeuge storniert.
verb
- 1
first-person singular present
- 2
singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Anordnung/Befehl, was zu tun oder zu unterlassen ist 2. Auftrag, etwas Bestimmtes zu kaufen
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 Order
- Ordern plural
- Ordre variant
- Orders nominative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Order
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Order in German?
Order appears 7.8 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).