Dieb
German, noun/diːp/
Dieb is spelled D-I-E-B (4 letters) and appears 6.8 times per million words in written German, the 9,700th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dieb is a German masculine noun meaning “thief (male or of unspecified gender)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “jemand, der stiehlt, der eines anderen Eigentum wegnimmt”.
What does Dieb mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinethief (male or of unspecified gender)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. jemand, der stiehlt, der eines anderen Eigentum wegnimmt 2. Schelm, Kind 3. Mark einer Schreibfeder 4. Dekanter
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 Dieb
- Diebes genitive
- Diebs genitive
- Diebe plural
- Diebchen diminutive neuter
- Diebelein diminutive neuter
- Dieblein diminutive neuter
- Diebin feminine
- Dieben dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Dieb?
- /diːp/
- [diːp]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Dieb
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Dieb in German?
Dieb appears 6.8 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).