Gobelin
German, noun[ɡobəˈlɛ̃ː]
Gobelin is a German masculine noun meaning “an artistically decorated type of tapestry” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Wandteppich mit kunstvollen Stickereien, die Muster oder Bildszenen darstellen”.
What does Gobelin mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinean artistically decorated type of tapestry
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Wandteppich mit kunstvollen Stickereien, die Muster oder Bildszenen darstellen
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 Gobelin
- Gobelins genitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Gobelin?
- [ɡobəˈlɛ̃ː]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Gobelin
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Gobelin in German?
Gobelin appears about once in every 8 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).