basta
German, interjection/ˈbasta/
basta is spelled B-A-S-T-A (5 letters) and appears 1.6 times per million words in written German, the 28,576th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Basta is a German interjection meaning “period, end of discussion” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “es reicht; es ist genug!”.
What does basta mean in English?
interjection
- 1
colloquialperiod, end of discussion
Du tust jetzt, was ich sage, und damit basta!
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
interjection: 1. es reicht; es ist genug!
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce basta?
- /ˈbasta/
- [ˈbasta]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to basta
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is basta in German?
basta appears 1.6 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).