Banause
German, noun/baˈnaʊ̯zə/
Banause is spelled B-A-N-A-U-S-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written German, the 96,776th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Banause is a German masculine noun meaning “banausic person (person with little understanding, especially of arts)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “jemand, dem jeglicher Sinn für Kunst und Kultur abgeht, fehlt”.
What does Banause mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinebanausic person (person with little understanding, especially of arts)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. jemand, dem jeglicher Sinn für Kunst und Kultur abgeht, fehlt 2. jemand, der sich mit rein handwerklichem Können an der schönen Kunst versucht
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 Banause
- Banausen genitive
- Banausin feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Banause?
- /baˈnaʊ̯zə/
- [baˈnaʊ̯zə]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Banause
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Banause in German?
Banause appears about once in every 4 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).