Barbe
German, noun[ˈbaʁbə]
Barbe is spelled B-A-R-B-E (5 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written German, the 102,515th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Barbe is a German feminine noun meaning “barbel (fish)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “schlanker Flussfisch mit auffallenden Barteln (Gattung Barbus im engeren Sinne, speziell die Flussbarbe B.…”.
What does Barbe mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininebarbel (fish)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. schlanker Flussfisch mit auffallenden Barteln (Gattung Barbus im engeren Sinne, speziell die Flussbarbe B. barbus) 2. die Unterfamilie Barbinae oder auch Gattung Barbus im weiteren Sinne
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 Barbe
- Barben plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Barbe?
- [ˈbaʁbə]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Barbe
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Barbe in German?
Barbe 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).