Möwe
German, noun/ˈmøːvə/
Möwe is spelled M-Ö-W-E (4 letters) and appears 1.1 times per million words in written German, the 36,861st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Möwe is a German feminine noun meaning “gull, seagull” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “(am Meer und an Binnengewässern gesellig lebender) mittelgroßer bis großer schwimmfähiger, vorwiegend…”.
What does Möwe mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininegull, seagull
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. (am Meer und an Binnengewässern gesellig lebender) mittelgroßer bis großer schwimmfähiger, vorwiegend leuchtend weiß oder silbergrau gefiederter Seevogel (Larinae) mit relativ langen, schmalen und spitzen Flügeln, die ihm ein ausgezeichnetes Flugvermögen verleihen, mit einem kräftigen, schlanken, scharfen Schnabel und mit Schwimmhäuten an den Füßen
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 Möwe
- Möwen plural
- Möwchen diminutive neuter
- Möve alternative archaic
- Meb alternative obsolete
- Mebe alternative obsolete
- Meu alternative obsolete
- Meve alternative obsolete
- Mewe alternative obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Möwe?
- /ˈmøːvə/
- [ˈmøːvə]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Möwe
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Möwe in German?
Möwe appears 1.1 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).