öde
German, adjective
öde is spelled Ö-D-E (3 letters) and appears 2.9 times per million words in written German, the 18,511th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Öde is a German adjective meaning “empty, bare, barren, bleak, desolate, deserted” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). On this page, Ode is a different word: “ode, poem of a certain type”. With a capital, Öde is a different word: “wasteland”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “nur wenig oder gar nicht bewohnt, besiedelt”.
What does öde mean in English?
adjective
- 1
empty, bare, barren, bleak, desolate, deserted
Die ehemalige Hauptstadt ist jetzt eine öde Ruine.
- 2
colloquialtedious, dull, dreary
Die Party wurde öde, also ging ich.
noun
- 1
feminineode, poem of a certain type
noun
- 1
femininewasteland
- 2
femininedesertedness
- 3
femininedreariness, tediousness
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. nur wenig oder gar nicht bewohnt, besiedelt 2. gärtnerisch, landwirtschaftlich ungenutzt, nicht nutzbar 3. frei von Anregungen oder interessanten Inhalten
noun: 1. Lyrik in Begleitung von Musik 2. feierliches, erhabenes, reimloses Gedicht
suffix: 1. Weg
noun: 1. vegetationsarme, unfruchtbare Gegend 2. anregungsarmer, langweiliger Bereich 3. Zustand des Mangels an geistigen Aktivitäten/Anregungen
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 öde
- Oden plural
- öder masculine nominative singular
- am ödesten superlative
- ödes neuter nominative singular
- öden genitive masculine singular
- ödem dative masculine singular
- der öde definite includes-article masculine
- die öde definite feminine includes-article
- das öde definite includes-article neuter
- die öden definite includes-article nominative
- des öden definite genitive includes-article
- der öden definite feminine genitive
- dem öden dative definite includes-article
- öd alternative
- Öden nominative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to öde
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is öde in German?
öde appears 2.9 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).