Ombudsfrau
German, noun[ˈɔmbʊt͡sˌfʁaʊ̯]
Ombudsfrau is spelled O-M-B-U-D-S-F-R-A-U (10 letters) and appears about once in every 14 million words in written German, the 205,761st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ombudsfrau is a German feminine noun meaning “ombudswoman” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “weiblicher Vertreter eines Personenkreises in nichtgerichtlichen Streitfällen gegenüber einer Organisation…”.
What does Ombudsfrau mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineombudswoman
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. weiblicher Vertreter eines Personenkreises in nichtgerichtlichen Streitfällen gegenüber einer Organisation, Firma oder Institution
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 Ombudsfrau
- Ombudsfrauen plural
- Ombudsmann masculine
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Ombudsfrau?
- [ˈɔmbʊt͡sˌfʁaʊ̯]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Ombudsfrau in German?
Ombudsfrau appears about once in every 14 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).