Bub
German, noun/buːp/
Bub is spelled B-U-B (3 letters) and appears 4.1 times per million words in written German, the 14,267th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bub is a German masculine noun meaning “alternative form of Bube (“boy”)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “männliches Kind”.
What does Bub mean in English?
noun
- 1
AustriaSwitzerlandUSmasculinealternative form of Bube (“boy”)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. männliches Kind
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 Bub
- Buben genitive
- Bübchen diminutive neuter
- Büblein diminutive neuter
- Buberl diminutive neuter
- Bubi diminutive neuter
- Bube variant
- Bubs genitive singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Bub?
- Germany /buːp/
- /b̥ʊp/
- Austria [b̥ʊb̥]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Bub
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Bub in German?
Bub appears 4.1 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).