Idiot
German, noun/iˈdi̯oːt/
Idiot is spelled I-D-I-O-T (5 letters) and appears 11 times per million words in written German, the 6,647th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Idiot is a German masculine noun meaning “idiot; moron” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “ein vermeintlich dummer, wenig intelligenter, unwissender Mensch”.
What does Idiot mean in English?
noun
- 1
derogatorymasculineidiot; moron
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ein vermeintlich dummer, wenig intelligenter, unwissender Mensch 2. ein an Idiotie leidenden Mensch
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 Idiot
- Idioten genitive
- Idiotin feminine
- Id**t alternative
- Id..t alternative
- Idi abbreviation
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Idiot?
- /iˈdi̯oːt/
- [ʔi.ˈdjoːt]
- [ʔɪ-]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Idiot
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Idiot in German?
Idiot appears 11 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).