Gnome
German, noun[ˈɡnoːmə]
Gnome is spelled G-N-O-M-E (5 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 45,845th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gnome is a German masculine noun meaning “nominative/accusative/genitive plural of Gnom” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “lehrhafter Sinnspruch, der eine einfache aber gewichtige Lebensregel zum Inhalt hat”.
What does Gnome mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinenominative/accusative/genitive plural of Gnom
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. lehrhafter Sinnspruch, der eine einfache aber gewichtige Lebensregel zum Inhalt hat
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 Gnome
- Gnomen nominative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Gnome?
- [ˈɡnoːmə]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Gnome in German?
Gnome appears about once in every 1 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).