Gebot
German, noun
Gebot is spelled G-E-B-O-T (5 letters) and appears 7.8 times per million words in written German, the 8,702nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gebot is a German neuter noun meaning “command, commandment” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). In lower case, gebot is a different word: “first/third-person singular preterite of gebieten”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “Verpflichtung oder Anweisung”.
What does Gebot mean in English?
noun
- 1
neutercommand, commandment
- 2
neuterbid, bidding
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular preterite of gebieten
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Verpflichtung oder Anweisung 2. Erfordernis 3. Kaufangebot bei einer Auktion
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 Gebot
- Gebotes genitive
- Gebots genitive
- Gebote plural
- Gebötlein diminutive neuter
- Geboten dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Gebot
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Gebot in German?
Gebot appears 7.8 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).