bah
German, interjection
bah is spelled B-A-H (3 letters) and appears 1.4 times per million words in written German, the 30,977th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bah is a German interjection meaning “an exclamation of disgust: yuck, etc” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an umlaut, bäh is a different word: “alternative form of bah (“yuck!”)”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “Ausdruck für Geringschätzung oder Verachtung”.
What does bah mean in English?
interjection
- 1
an exclamation of disgust: yuck, etc.
interjection
- 1
alternative form of bah (“yuck!”)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
interjection: 1. Ausdruck der Abscheu, der Verachtung, der Schadenfreude 2. das Blöken des Schafes
interjection: 1. Ausdruck für Geringschätzung oder Verachtung
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 bah
- bäh alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to bah
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is bah in German?
bah appears 1.4 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).