Kabis
German, noun/ˈkaːbɪs/
Kabis is spelled K-A-B-I-S (5 letters) and appears about once in every 58 million words in written German, the 464,147th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Kabis is a German masculine noun meaning “alternative form of Kappes (“cabbage”)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Kohlsorte mit hellgrünen Blättern”.
What does Kabis mean in English?
noun
- 1
Switzerlandmasculinealternative form of Kappes (“cabbage”)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Kohlsorte mit hellgrünen Blättern 2. unsinnige Äußerung, dummes Verhalten
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 Kabis
- Chabis alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Kabis?
- /ˈkaːbɪs/
- /ˈχabis/
- [ˈkaːbɪs]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Kabis in German?
Kabis appears about once in every 58 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).