Namaste
German, noun/namasˈteː/
Namaste is spelled N-A-M-A-S-T-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written German, the 110,302nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Namaste is a German neuter noun meaning “namaste” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “überwiegend in Indien verbreiteter Geste zum Gruß, bei der die Handinnenflächen zusammengeführt, in Nähe des…”.
What does Namaste mean in English?
interjection
- 1
namaste!
noun
- 1
neuternamaste
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
phrase: 1. überwiegend in Indien verbreitete Grußformel
noun: 1. überwiegend in Indien verbreiteter Geste zum Gruß, bei der die Handinnenflächen zusammengeführt, in Nähe des Herzens an die Brust gelegt und der Kopf leicht gebeugt wird
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 Namaste
- Namastes genitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Namaste?
- /namasˈteː/
- [namasˈteː]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Namaste
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Namaste in German?
Namaste appears about once in every 5 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).