Gebäude
German, noun/ɡəˈbɔɪ̯də/
Gebäude is spelled G-E-B-Ä-U-D-E (7 letters) and appears 81 times per million words in written German, the 1,064th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gebäude is a German neuter noun meaning “building, edifice, structure” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “ein vom Menschen errichtetes, meist oberirdisches, ortsfestes Konstrukt/Bauwerk, das einen oder mehrere Räume…”.
What does Gebäude mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterbuilding, edifice, structure
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ein vom Menschen errichtetes, meist oberirdisches, ortsfestes Konstrukt/Bauwerk, das einen oder mehrere Räume enthält
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 Gebäude
- Gebäudes genitive
- Gebäuden dative definite plural
- Gbd. abbreviation
- Geb. abbreviation
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Gebäude?
- /ɡəˈbɔɪ̯də/
- [ɡəˈbɔɪ̯də]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Gebäude
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Gebäude in German?
Gebäude appears 81 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).