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b

German, noun

b is spelled B (one letter) and appears 302 times per million words in written German, the 310th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). B is a German neuter noun meaning “alternative letter-case form of B” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, B is a different word: “B-flat”. On this page, b. is a different word: “abbreviation of bei”.

What does b mean in English?

letter

  1. 1

    neuterThe second letter of the German alphabet, called be and written in the Latin script.

noun

  1. 1

    neuteralternative letter-case form of B

letter

as B
  1. 1

    neuterThe second letter of the German alphabet, called be and written in the Latin script.

noun

as B
  1. 1

    neuterB-flat

noun

as B
  1. 1

    neuterB

preposition

as b.
  1. 1

    abbreviation of bei

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

How German dictionaries define it

abbreviation: 1. Abkürzung für bei, beim

letter: 1. zweiter (mit Umlaute dritter) Buchstabe des deutschen Alphabets; ein Mitlaut (Konsonant) 2. Ton mit 466 Hz und alle Töne im Oktavabstand dazu, um einen Halbton vermindertes H 3. meist ohne Artikel, eine Tonart des Tongeschlechts Dur

abbreviation: 1. chemisches Element Bor 2. das Bundesland Freistaat Bayern 3. das Verwaltungskürzel Beitrag 4. internationales Kfz-Kennzeichen für Belgien

abbreviation: 1. Minuskel des 2. Buchstabens des lateinischen Alphabets 2. Variable in der Algebra 3. Vorzeichen zur Erniedrigung des Stammtons um einen Halbtonschritt 4. Abkürzung für b-Moll

abbreviation: 1. Abkürzung für Bachelor

abbreviation: 1. Bahama-Dollar

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 b

  • B uppercase
  • bs plural
  • b lowercase
  • Bs plural

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

English words that translate to b

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

How common is b in German?

b appears 302 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).

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