Coup
German, noun/kuː/
Coup is spelled C-O-U-P (4 letters) and appears 3.3 times per million words in written German, the 16,674th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Coup is a German masculine noun meaning “coup (quick, brilliant, successful act)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “eine gewagte und meist unerwartet durchgeführte, erfolgreiche Unternehmung”.
What does Coup mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecoup (quick, brilliant, successful act)
einen Coup landen
- 2
masculinecoup d'état
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. eine gewagte und meist unerwartet durchgeführte, erfolgreiche Unternehmung
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 Coup
- Coups genitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Coup?
- /kuː/
- [kuː]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Coup
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Coup in German?
Coup appears 3.3 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).