Armut
German, noun/ˈaʁmuːt/
Armut is spelled A-R-M-U-T (5 letters) and appears 19 times per million words in written German, the 4,201st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Armut is a German feminine noun meaning “poverty” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “ein Fehlen von materiellen Mitteln, ein Mangel an Chancen, ein Leben zu führen, das einem gewissen…”.
What does Armut mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininepoverty
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ein Fehlen von materiellen Mitteln, ein Mangel an Chancen, ein Leben zu führen, das einem gewissen Minimalstandard entspricht 2. das Fehlen von Fähigkeiten, Fertigkeiten, geistige Armut 3. die Gesamtheit armer Menschen
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 Armut
- Armuth obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Armut?
- /ˈaʁmuːt/
- [ˈaʁmuːt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Armut
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Armut in German?
Armut appears 19 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).