Raub
German, noun
Raub is a German masculine noun meaning “robbery, heist” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). In lower case, raub is a different word: “singular imperative of rauben”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “das gewaltsame Wegnehmen; das Rauben”.
What does Raub mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinerobbery, heist
- 2
masculinedeprivation
verb
- 1
singular imperative of rauben
- 2
colloquialfirst-person singular present of rauben
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. das gewaltsame Wegnehmen; das Rauben 2. die Wegnahme einer fremden beweglichen Sache durch Gewalt gegen eine Person oder unter Androhung einer gegenwärtigen Gefahr für Leib und Leben mit der Absicht, die Sache sich oder einem Dritten rechtswidrig zuzueignen (§ 249 StGB in Deutschland) 3. das geraubte Gut, die Beute
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 Raub
- Raubes genitive
- Raubs genitive
- Raube plural
- Rauben dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Raub
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Raub in German?
Raub appears 6.3 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).