Humbug
German, noun/ˈhʊmˌbuːk/
Humbug is spelled H-U-M-B-U-G (6 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 41,722nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Humbug is a German masculine noun meaning “nonsense, humbug” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “etwas Unglaubwürdiges, Törichtes”.
What does Humbug mean in English?
noun
- 1
informalmasculinenonsense, humbug
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. etwas Unglaubwürdiges, Törichtes
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 Humbug
- Humbugs genitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Humbug?
- /ˈhʊmˌbuːk/
- /ˈhʊm.bʊk/
- [ˈhʊmbʊk]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Humbug
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Humbug in German?
Humbug appears about once in every 1 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).