Barbarei
German, noun/baʁbaˈʁaɪ̯/
Barbarei is spelled B-A-R-B-A-R-E-I (8 letters) and appears 1.1 times per million words in written German, the 36,861st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Barbarei is a German feminine noun meaning “barbarity” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “ungezügelte Rohheit, Vandalismus”.
What does Barbarei mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininebarbarity
- 2
femininebarbarism
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ungezügelte Rohheit, Vandalismus 2. Zustand der Unzivilisiertheit und des Nichtvorhandenseins von Kultur
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 Barbarei
- Barbareien plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Barbarei?
- /baʁbaˈʁaɪ̯/
- [baʁbaˈʁaɪ̯]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Barbarei
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Barbarei in German?
Barbarei appears 1.1 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).