Rebbe
German, noun/ˈʁɛbə/
Rebbe is spelled R-E-B-B-E (5 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written German, the 121,881st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Rebbe is a German masculine noun meaning “rebbe: an Ashkenazi Orthodox rabbi, especially in a Yiddish-speaking congregation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “jüdischer Gelehrter und Lehrer, auch geistliches Oberhaupt einer Gemeinde”.
What does Rebbe mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinerebbe: an Ashkenazi Orthodox rabbi, especially in a Yiddish-speaking congregation
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. jüdischer Gelehrter und Lehrer, auch geistliches Oberhaupt einer Gemeinde
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 Rebbe
- Rebben genitive
- Rebbes genitive
- Rebbezin feminine
- Rebbezn feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Rebbe?
- /ˈʁɛbə/
- [ˈʁɛbə]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Rebbe in German?
Rebbe appears about once in every 6 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).