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Bühne

German, noun

Bühne is spelled B-Ü-H-N-E (5 letters) and appears 42 times per million words in written German, the 2,026th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bühne is a German feminine noun meaning “stage (setting in which multiple actors interact and compete with one another, e.g. politically)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). Without its umlaut, Buhne is a different word: “groyne, breakwater (dam extending perpendicularly into the water to…”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “Erhöhung zur Aufführung von Theater- oder Musikstücken”.

What does Bühne mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininestage (setting in which multiple actors interact and compete with one another, e.g. politically)

    auf der internationalen Bühne / auf internationaler Bühne

  2. 2

    femininetheater

  3. 3

    femininescaffolding (elevated platform to stand on to access something)

  4. 4

    femininesynonym of Hebebühne

noun

as Buhne
  1. 1

    femininegroyne, breakwater (dam extending perpendicularly into the water to protect the shore)

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Erhöhung zur Aufführung von Theater- oder Musikstücken 2. Theater 3. Dachboden 4. Einrichtung bestehend aus einer Plattform, Schienen oder Ähnlichem, die den Zweck hat, Gegenstände oder Personen anzuheben

noun: 1. im rechten Winkel zum Ufer in ein Gewässer errichtetes wand- oder dammartiges Bauwerk

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 Bühne

  • Bühnen plural
  • Buhnen plural

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

English words that translate to Bühne

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is Bühne in German?

Bühne appears 42 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).

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