Guru
German, noun[ˈɡuːʁu]
Guru is spelled G-U-R-U (4 letters) and appears 2.0 times per million words in written German, the 24,295th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Guru is a German masculine noun meaning “guru, spiritual leader” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “religiöser Lehrer im Hinduismus, Buddhismus und der Sikhreligion, welcher als Verkörperung eines göttlichen…”.
What does Guru mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineguru, spiritual leader
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. religiöser Lehrer im Hinduismus, Buddhismus und der Sikhreligion, welcher als Verkörperung eines göttlichen Wesens verehrt wird 2. Person, die auf einem bestimmten (Fach-)Gebiet ein Fachmann oder Vorbild ist und bisweilen die Leitfunktion 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 Guru
- Gurus genitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Guru?
- [ˈɡuːʁu]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Guru
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Guru in German?
Guru appears 2.0 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).