Kauf
German, noun
Kauf is spelled K-A-U-F (4 letters) and appears 51 times per million words in written German, the 1,666th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Kauf is a German masculine noun meaning “purchase” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). In lower case, kauf is a different word: “singular imperative of kaufen”. On this page, käuf is a different word: “singular imperative of käufen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “der entgeltliche Erwerb einer Ware”.
What does Kauf mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepurchase
verb
- 1
singular imperative of kaufen
verb
- 1
singular imperative of käufen
- 2
colloquialfirst-person singular present of käufen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. der entgeltliche Erwerb einer Ware 2. der erworbene Gegenstand 3. Zahlung an einen Amtsträger mit zu erwartender Gegenleistung
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 Kauf
- Kaufes genitive
- Kaufs genitive
- Käufe plural
- Kaufe dative singular
- Käufen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Kauf
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Kauf in German?
Kauf appears 51 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).