Gulag
German, noun/ˈɡuːlak/
Gulag is spelled G-U-L-A-G (5 letters) and appears 1.2 times per million words in written German, the 35,124th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gulag is a German masculine noun meaning “gulag” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Hauptverwaltung des sowjetischen Straflagersystems”.
What does Gulag mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinegulag
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Hauptverwaltung des sowjetischen Straflagersystems 2. sowjetisches Straf- und Arbeitslager
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 Gulag
- Gulags genitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Gulag?
- /ˈɡuːlak/
- [ˈɡuːlak]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Gulag
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Gulag in German?
Gulag appears 1.2 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).