Embargo
German, noun/ɛmˈbaʁɡo/
Embargo is spelled E-M-B-A-R-G-O (7 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 46,552nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Embargo is a German neuter noun meaning “embargo” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “wirtschaftlicher Boykott eines Landes, Wirtschaftssanktionen gegen einen Staat”.
What does Embargo mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterembargo
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. wirtschaftlicher Boykott eines Landes, Wirtschaftssanktionen gegen einen Staat
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 Embargo
- Embargos genitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Embargo?
- /ɛmˈbaʁɡo/
- [ɛmˈbaʁɡo]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Embargo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Embargo in German?
Embargo appears about once in every 1 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).