Gerücht
German, noun/ɡəˈʁʏçt/
Gerücht is spelled G-E-R-Ü-C-H-T (7 letters) and appears 7.4 times per million words in written German, the 9,010th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gerücht is a German neuter noun meaning “rumor / rumour” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “eine Nachricht, die mündlich verbreitet wird und deren Wahrheitsgehalt zweifelhaft ist”.
What does Gerücht mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterrumor / rumour
Er dementierte die Gerüchte, die über ihn kursieren.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. eine Nachricht, die mündlich verbreitet wird und deren Wahrheitsgehalt zweifelhaft ist
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 Gerücht
- Gerüchtes genitive
- Gerüchts genitive
- Gerüchte plural
- Gerüchten dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Gerücht?
- /ɡəˈʁʏçt/
- [ɡəˈʁʏçt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Gerücht
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Gerücht in German?
Gerücht appears 7.4 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).