Gnu
German, noun/ɡnuː/
Gnu is spelled G-N-U (3 letters) and appears 1.6 times per million words in written German, the 28,120th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gnu is a German neuter noun meaning “gnu” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “afrikanische Antilope, die in großen Herden lebt und zur Gruppe der Kuhantilopen gehört”.
What does Gnu mean in English?
noun
- 1
neutergnu
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. afrikanische Antilope, die in großen Herden lebt und zur Gruppe der Kuhantilopen gehört
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 Gnu
- Gnus genitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Gnu?
- /ɡnuː/
- [ɡnuː]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Gnu
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Gnu in German?
Gnu appears 1.6 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).