Caban
German, noun[kaˈbɑ̃ː]
Caban is spelled C-A-B-A-N (5 letters) and appears about once in every 63 million words in written German, the 488,905th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Caban is a German masculine noun meaning “pea coat” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “kurzer Herrenmantel, meist mit Revers und zwei Knopfreihen”.
What does Caban mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepea coat
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. kurzer Herrenmantel, meist mit Revers und zwei Knopfreihen 2. längere Jacke für Frauen
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 Caban
- Cabans genitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Caban?
- [kaˈbɑ̃ː]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Caban in German?
Caban appears about once in every 63 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).