Bonus
German, noun/ˈboːnʊs/
Bonus is spelled B-O-N-U-S (5 letters) and appears 18 times per million words in written German, the 4,267th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bonus is a German masculine noun meaning “bonus (premium or advantage)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “einmalige Sonderzahlung”.
What does Bonus mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinebonus (premium or advantage)
- 2
masculinerebate
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. einmalige Sonderzahlung 2. nachträglich gewährter Rabatt eines Lieferanten (oder Händlers), wenn der Kunde eine vorher festgelegte Umsatzhöhe erreicht hat 3. Punktvorteil 4. etwas Positives, das einem zum Vorteil gereicht, für das man aber oft nichts aufgewendet hat
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 Bonus
- Bonusses genitive
- Bonusse plural
- Boni plural
- Bonussen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Bonus?
- /ˈboːnʊs/
- [ˈboːnʊs]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Bonus
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Bonus in German?
Bonus appears 18 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).