Pöbel
German, noun/ˈpøːbəl/
Pöbel is spelled P-Ö-B-E-L (5 letters) and appears 2.2 times per million words in written German, the 22,661st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pöbel is a German masculine noun meaning “mob” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “unterste Gesellschaftsschicht”.
What does Pöbel mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinemob
- 2
masculineriffraff
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. unterste Gesellschaftsschicht 2. randalierende, unkontrollierbare Menschenmenge
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 Pöbel
- Pöbels genitive
- Bofel alternative obsolete
- Bovel alternative obsolete
- Pofel alternative obsolete
- Poffel alternative obsolete
- Povel alternative obsolete
- Pöfel alternative obsolete
- Pöffel alternative obsolete
- Pövel alternative obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Pöbel?
- /ˈpøːbəl/
- [ˈpøːbl̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Pöbel
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Pöbel in German?
Pöbel appears 2.2 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).