Bach
German, noun/bax/
Bach is spelled B-A-C-H (4 letters) and appears 21 times per million words in written German, the 3,720th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bach is a German feminine noun meaning “brook, stream” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “kleiner, natürlicher Wasserlauf”.
What does Bach mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemasculineobsoletebrook, stream
Der Fluss speist sich aus vielen Bächen.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. kleiner, natürlicher Wasserlauf 2. der Asteroid mit der Nummer 1814 3. Fachausdruck für mehrere untereinander stehende Wortzwischenräume, die sich dem Auge des Betrachters zu einem „Bach“ [1] verbinden
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 Bach
- Baches genitive
- Bachs genitive
- Bäche plural
- Bächlein diminutive neuter
- Bächelchen diminutive neuter
- Bache dative singular
- Bächen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Bach?
- /bax/
- [baχ]
- [b̥ɑx]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Bach
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Bach in German?
Bach appears 21 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).