Offenbarung
German, noun/ˌɔfənˈbaːʁʊŋ/
Offenbarung is spelled O-F-F-E-N-B-A-R-U-N-G (11 letters) and appears 4.2 times per million words in written German, the 14,041st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Offenbarung is a German feminine noun meaning “revelation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “das Aufdecken oder Offenlegen eines Geheimnisses oder einer Absicht”.
What does Offenbarung mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininerevelation
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. das Aufdecken oder Offenlegen eines Geheimnisses oder einer Absicht 2. die Mitteilung göttlicher Wahrheiten oder eines göttlichen Willens auf übernatürlichem Wege 3. Offenbarung des Johannes: das letzte Buch der Bibel
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 Offenbarung
- Offenbarungen plural
- Offb. abbreviation
- Offb abbreviation
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Offenbarung?
- /ˌɔfənˈbaːʁʊŋ/
- [ˌɔfn̩ˈbaːʁʊŋ]
- [ˌɔfm̩ˈbaːʁʊŋ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Offenbarung
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Offenbarung in German?
Offenbarung appears 4.2 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).