Gate
German, noun/ɡɛɪ̯t/
Gate is spelled G-A-T-E (4 letters) and appears 4.8 times per million words in written German, the 12,686th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gate is a German neuter noun meaning “airport gate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Zugang/Übergangsbereich nach erfolgten Kontrollen vom Abfertigungsgebäude des Flughafens zum Rollfeld oder…”.
What does Gate mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterairport gate
noun
- 1
Austriacolloquialfeminineobsoletemen's long underwear
suffix
- 1
neuter-gate (forms names of scandals)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
suffix: 1. Suffix, das zur Bildung von Eigennamen für Skandale verwendet wird
noun: 1. Zugang/Übergangsbereich nach erfolgten Kontrollen vom Abfertigungsgebäude des Flughafens zum Rollfeld oder direkt zum Flugzeug
noun: 1. (lange) (Männer-)Unterhose
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 Gate
- Gates genitive
- Gaten plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Gate?
- /ɡɛɪ̯t/
- /ɡeːt/
- /ˈɡatə/
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Gate
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Gate in German?
Gate appears 4.8 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).