herb
German, adjective/hɛrp/
herb is spelled H-E-R-B (4 letters) and appears 2.2 times per million words in written German, the 22,661st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Herb is a German adjective meaning “slightly bitter or sharp to the taste, often in a pleasant way; tart (but not in the sense of “sour”)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “in der Nähe von bitter, das Gegenteil von süßlich”.
What does herb mean in English?
adjective
- 1
slightly bitter or sharp to the taste, often in a pleasant way; tart (but not in the sense of “sour”)
- 2
harsh; hard
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. in der Nähe von bitter, das Gegenteil von süßlich 2. eher mit groberen geraderen Zügen ausgestattet 3. deutlich und unangenehm
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 herb
- herber masculine nominative singular
- am herbsten superlative
- herbe feminine nominative singular
- herbes neuter nominative singular
- herben genitive masculine singular
- herbem dative masculine singular
- der herbe definite includes-article masculine
- die herbe definite feminine includes-article
- das herbe definite includes-article neuter
- die herben definite includes-article nominative
- des herben definite genitive includes-article
- der herben definite feminine genitive
- dem herben dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce herb?
- /hɛrp/
- [hɛɐ̯p]
- [hɛʁp]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to herb
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is herb in German?
herb appears 2.2 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).