Rebbe
[ˈʁɛbə]
The verdict
“Rebbe” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - jüdischer Gelehrter und Lehrer, auch geistliches Oberhaupt einer Gemeinde
Corpus desk
Index DE-rebbe · Rebbe · German
Rebbe · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "R" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Rebbe |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʁɛbə] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “Rebbe” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
Rare enough to double-check
Rebbe is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʁɛbə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "jüdischer Gelehrter und Lehrer, auch geistliches Oberhaupt einer Gemeinde".
Rebbe doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Rebbe, spelled R-E-B-B-E.
Definition
- 1jüdischer Gelehrter und Lehrer, auch geistliches Oberhaupt einer Gemeinde
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Rebbe appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Mechanisch wiederholte ich Absatz für Absatz, was der Rebbe auf hebräisch sagte, ohne ein Wort zu verstehen.“
„Die Tochter des Rebbe, dieses blutjunge Ding, hatte mit einem einzigen Wort ausgedrückt, was mit ihm los war und warum er diese Reise gemacht hatte.“
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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