gäbe
German, adjective
gäbe is spelled G-Ä-B-E (4 letters) and appears 28 times per million words in written German, the 2,961st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gäbe is a German adjective meaning “synonym of annehmbar” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular subjunctive II of geben. On this page, Gabe is a different word: “gift, present, donation, alms”.
What does gäbe mean in English?
adjective
- 1
obsoletesynonym of annehmbar
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular subjunctive II of geben
noun
- 1
femininegift, present, donation, alms
- 2
feminineadministration, dose (act of giving medication)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Begabung/Talent, wie zum Beispiel Genialität oder Sportlichkeit 2. Geschenk oder Spende 3. das Geben eines Medikaments
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 gäbe
- Gaben plural
- Gaabe alternative obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to gäbe
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is gäbe in German?
gäbe appears 28 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).