Gebrauch
German, noun
Gebrauch is spelled G-E-B-R-A-U-C-H (8 letters) and appears 22 times per million words in written German, the 3,577th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gebrauch is a German masculine noun meaning “use, usage” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). In lower case, gebrauch is a different word: “singular imperative of gebrauchen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “Verwendung, Anwendung, Einsatz”.
What does Gebrauch mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineuse, usage
Vor Gebrauch Sprengkapsel einsetzen.
- 2
masculineapplication
- 3
masculinepractice, customs
verb
- 1
singular imperative of gebrauchen
- 2
colloquialfirst-person singular present of gebrauchen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Verwendung, Anwendung, Einsatz 2. Gepflogenheit; etwas, das man aus Tradition macht
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 Gebrauch
- Gebrauchs genitive
- Gebrauches genitive
- Gebräuche plural
- Gebrauche dative singular
- Gebräuchen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Gebrauch
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Gebrauch in German?
Gebrauch appears 22 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).