Onus
German, noun/ˈoːnʊs/
Onus is spelled O-N-U-S (4 letters) and appears about once in every 22 million words in written German, the 267,890th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Onus is a German neuter noun meaning “onus” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Last, Bürde, Auflage, Verbindlichkeit”.
What does Onus mean in English?
noun
- 1
datedneuteronus
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Last, Bürde, Auflage, Verbindlichkeit
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 Onus
- Onera plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Onus?
- /ˈoːnʊs/
- [ˈoːnʊs]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Onus
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Onus in German?
Onus appears about once in every 22 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).