oben
German, adverb/ˈʔoːbən/
oben is spelled O-B-E-N (4 letters) and appears 186 times per million words in written German, the 460th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Oben is a German adverb meaning “above” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “an hoch gelegener Stelle/Ort”.
What does oben mean in English?
adverb
- 1
above
- 2
north
- 3
upstairs
- 4
at an earlier point in a text
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adverb: 1. an hoch gelegener Stelle/Ort 2. weiter vorn in einem Schriftstück/Druckseite/Webseite und Ähnlichem 3. auf einer höheren Hierarchieebene
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce oben?
- /ˈʔoːbən/
- [ˈoːbm̩]
- [ˈoːbn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to oben
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is oben in German?
oben appears 186 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).