Geschiebe
German, noun[ɡəˈʃiːbə]
Geschiebe is spelled G-E-S-C-H-I-E-B-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written German, the 107,140th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Geschiebe is a German neuter noun meaning “debris, rubble, boulder” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “stetiges oder wiederholtes Bewegen von etwas durch Druck”.
What does Geschiebe mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterdebris, rubble, boulder
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. stetiges oder wiederholtes Bewegen von etwas durch Druck 2. von einer Kraft (Gletscher/fließendes Wasser) über Grund bewegte (=‚geschobene‘) Masse (meistens Sand, Steine) 3. die zum Befestigen dienenden Elemente einer Zahnprothese (Patrize) zusammen mit den entsprechenden im Kiefer fest sitzenden Verankerungen (Matrize)
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 Geschiebe
- Geschiebes genitive
- Geschieben dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Geschiebe?
- [ɡəˈʃiːbə]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Geschiebe in German?
Geschiebe appears about once in every 5 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).