Knabe
German, noun/ˈknaːbə/
Knabe is spelled K-N-A-B-E (5 letters) and appears 2.8 times per million words in written German, the 18,843rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Knabe is a German masculine noun meaning “knave, boy, lad” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Kind männlichen Geschlechts”.
What does Knabe mean in English?
noun
- 1
AustriaSwitzerlandUSdatedmasculineknave, boy, lad
Edgar Alfred Bowring, The Poems of Goethe Translated in the Original Metres
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Kind männlichen Geschlechts
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 Knabe
- Knaben genitive
- Knäbchen diminutive neuter
- Knäblein diminutive neuter
- Knäbelein diminutive neuter
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Knabe?
- /ˈknaːbə/
- [ˈknaːbə]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Knabe
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Knabe in German?
Knabe appears 2.8 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).