Oregano
German, noun/oˈʁeːɡano/
Oregano is spelled O-R-E-G-A-N-O (7 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 56,856th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Oregano is a German masculine noun meaning “oregano (Origanum vulgare)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Gewürz, gewonnen aus der gleichnamigen Pflanze”.
What does Oregano mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineoregano (Origanum vulgare)
- 2
datedmasculineellipsis of Karibischer Oregano (“Lippia micromera”) or Mexikanischer Oregano (“Lippia graveolens”)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Gewürz, gewonnen aus der gleichnamigen Pflanze 2. Gewürz- und Heilpflanze aus der Familie der Lippenblütler
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 Oregano
- Oreganos genitive
- Oreganum variant
- Origano variant
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Oregano?
- /oˈʁeːɡano/
- /oʁeˈɡaːno/
- [oˈʁeːɡano]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Oregano
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Oregano in German?
Oregano appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).