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roh

German, adjective/ʁoː/

roh is a German adjective meaning “raw (uncooked)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “nicht gekocht”.

What does roh mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    raw (uncooked)

  2. 2

    unprocessed, crude, raw

  3. 3

    unrefined, rude, brutal

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

How German dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. nicht gekocht 2. in unbearbeitetem Zustand 3. sich ungehobelt, grob verhaltend

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 roh

  • roher masculine nominative singular
  • am rohsten superlative
  • am rohesten superlative
  • rohe feminine nominative singular
  • rohes neuter nominative singular
  • rohen genitive masculine singular
  • rohem dative masculine singular
  • der rohe definite includes-article masculine
  • die rohe definite feminine includes-article
  • das rohe definite includes-article neuter
  • die rohen definite includes-article nominative
  • des rohen definite genitive includes-article
  • der rohen definite feminine genitive
  • dem rohen dative definite includes-article

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

How do you pronounce roh?

  • /ʁoː/
  • [ʁoː]

Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to roh

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

How common is roh in German?

roh appears 3.2 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).