Kürbis
German, noun/ˈkʏr.bɪs/
Kürbis is spelled K-Ü-R-B-I-S (6 letters) and appears 3.0 times per million words in written German, the 18,198th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Kürbis is a German masculine noun meaning “pumpkin, gourd, squash (any plant of the genus Cucurbita or its fruit)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “(aus den Tropen Amerikas stammende) einjährige, kriechende oder rankende Pflanze mit großen, gelappten…”.
What does Kürbis mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepumpkin, gourd, squash (any plant of the genus Cucurbita or its fruit)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. (aus den Tropen Amerikas stammende) einjährige, kriechende oder rankende Pflanze mit großen, gelappten Blättern, großen, trichterförmigen gelben Blüten und teils sehr großen, dicken, zumeist kugelförmigen, saftreichen, gelben oder orangefarbenen Früchten 2. zu den Beeren zählende Frucht der unter [1] beschriebenen Pflanze 3. salopp bis (die Sicht behindernder, dickerer) Kopf 4. aufgrund übermäßiger Ansammlung von Flüssigkeit in den Hirnhöhlen abnorm vergrößerter Schädel
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 Kürbis
- Kürbisses genitive
- Kürbisse plural
- Kürbissen dative definite plural
- Kirbiß alternative
- Korbes alternative
- Kurbiß alternative
- Kürbiz alternative
- Kürbs alternative
- Kürbse alternative
- Kurwes alternative
- Kürbiß obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Kürbis?
- /ˈkʏr.bɪs/
- [ˈkʏʁbɪs]
- [ˈkʏɐ̯-]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Kürbis
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Kürbis in German?
Kürbis appears 3.0 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).