Laub
German, noun/laʊ̯p/
Laub is spelled L-A-U-B (4 letters) and appears 4.3 times per million words in written German, the 13,799th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Laub is a German neuter noun meaning “foliage, greenery, leaves (on a tree or fallen onto the ground, but particularly the latter)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Gesamtheit der Blattorgane von Laubbäumen und Sträuchern”.
What does Laub mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterfoliage, greenery, leaves (on a tree or fallen onto the ground, but particularly the latter)
grünes Laub
- 2
neuterleaves, a suit in German playing cards
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Gesamtheit der Blattorgane von Laubbäumen und Sträuchern 2. an der Pflanze (lebend oder abgestorben) oder 3. abgefallen am Boden 4. Farbe beim deutschen Kartenspiel mit einem Blatt (häufig Lindenblatt) als Symbol
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 Laub
- Laubes genitive
- Laubs genitive
- Laube dative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Laub?
- /laʊ̯p/
- [laʊ̯p]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Laub
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Laub in German?
Laub appears 4.3 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).