Ende
German, noun
Ende is spelled E-N-D-E (4 letters) and appears 468 times per million words in written German, the 199th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ende is a German neuter noun meaning “end, finish” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). In lower case, ende is a different word: “first-person singular present”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “Abschluss eines zeitlichen Vorganges”.
What does Ende mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterend, finish
- 2
neuterconclusion
verb
- 1
first-person singular present
- 2
first/third-person singular subjunctive I
- 3
singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Abschluss eines zeitlichen Vorganges 2. Abschluss einer Geschichte zum Beispiel eines Buches oder Filmes 3. Abschluss beziehungsweise Abgrenzung eines Gegenstandes 4. Tod
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 Ende
- Endes genitive
- Enden plural
- Endchen diminutive neuter
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Ende
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Ende in German?
Ende appears 468 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).