neu
German, adjective/nɔʏ̯/
neu is spelled N-E-U (3 letters) and appears 229 times per million words in written German, the 386th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Neu is a German adjective meaning “new” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “vor kurzer Zeit gemacht oder geschehen”.
What does neu mean in English?
adjective
- 1
new
neue Mode
- 2
modern, recent, latest
die neue Geschichte
prefix
- 1
new
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. vor kurzer Zeit gemacht oder geschehen 2. noch unbekannt, unvertraut
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 neu
- neuer masculine nominative singular
- am neuesten superlative
- am neusten superlative
- neue feminine nominative singular
- neues neuter nominative singular
- neuen genitive masculine singular
- neuem dative masculine singular
- der neue definite includes-article masculine
- die neue definite feminine includes-article
- das neue definite includes-article neuter
- die neuen definite includes-article nominative
- des neuen definite genitive includes-article
- der neuen definite feminine genitive
- dem neuen dative definite includes-article
- new obsolete
- neuw obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce neu?
- /nɔʏ̯/
- [nɔɪ̯]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to neu
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is neu in German?
neu appears 229 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).