Kabuki
German, noun/kaˈbuːki/
Kabuki is spelled K-A-B-U-K-I (6 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written German, the 116,815th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Kabuki is a German neuter noun meaning “kabuki” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “japanisches Volkstheater, das im 17. Jahrhundert aus Singtänzen entstanden ist und Schauspiel, Tanz sowie…”.
What does Kabuki mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterkabuki
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. japanisches Volkstheater, das im 17. Jahrhundert aus Singtänzen entstanden ist und Schauspiel, Tanz sowie Musik verbindet
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 Kabuki
- Kabukis genitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Kabuki?
- /kaˈbuːki/
- [kaˈbuːki]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Kabuki
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Kabuki in German?
Kabuki appears about once in every 5 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).