Elbe
German, noun/ˈɛlbə/
Elbe is spelled E-L-B-E (4 letters) and appears 12 times per million words in written German, the 6,059th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Elbe is a German masculine noun meaning “alternative form of Elb (“elf”)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Fabelwesen, Naturgeist”.
What does Elbe mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinealternative form of Elb (“elf”)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Fabelwesen, Naturgeist
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 Elbe
- Elben genitive
- Elbin feminine
- Elfe feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Elbe?
- /ˈɛlbə/
- [ˈɛlbə]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Elbe
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Elbe in German?
Elbe appears 12 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).