Glaubensbruder
German, noun
Glaubensbruder is spelled G-L-A-U-B-E-N-S-B-R-U-D-E-R (14 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written German, the 92,701st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Glaubensbruder is a German masculine noun meaning “brother in faith, (male) co-religionist” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an umlaut, Glaubensbrüder is a different word: “nominative/accusative/genitive plural of Glaubensbruder”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “jemand, der dem gleichen Glauben anhängt”.
What does Glaubensbruder mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinebrother in faith, (male) co-religionist
noun
- 1
masculinenominative/accusative/genitive plural of Glaubensbruder
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. jemand, der dem gleichen Glauben anhängt
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 Glaubensbruder
- Glaubensbruders genitive
- Glaubensbrüder plural
- Glaubensschwester feminine
- Glaubensbrüdern dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is Glaubensbruder in German?
Glaubensbruder appears about once in every 4 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).