August
German, noun/aʊ̯ˈɡʊst/
August is spelled A-U-G-U-S-T (6 letters) and appears 132 times per million words in written German, the 668th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). August is a German masculine noun meaning “August (the eighth month of the Roman, Julian, and Gregorian calendars, following July and preceding September)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “der achte, 31 Tage umfassende Monat im Jahr”.
What does August mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineAugust (the eighth month of the Roman, Julian, and Gregorian calendars, following July and preceding September)
proper noun
- 1
masculinea male given name, feminine equivalent Augusta and Auguste, equivalent to English Augustus
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. der achte, 31 Tage umfassende Monat im Jahr
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 August
- Augusts genitive
- Augustes genitive
- Auguste plural
- Augusten dative definite plural
- Aug. alternative abbreviation
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce August?
- /aʊ̯ˈɡʊst/
- /ˈaʊ̯ɡʊst/
- [aʊ̯ˈɡʊst]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to August
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is August in German?
August appears 132 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).