Referee
German, noun/ˈʁɛfəʁi/
Referee is spelled R-E-F-E-R-E-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 76,606th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Referee is a German masculine noun meaning “referee” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Person, die bei einer Sportveranstaltung sicherstellt, dass sich die Sportler an die Regeln halten”.
What does Referee mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinereferee
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Person, die bei einer Sportveranstaltung sicherstellt, dass sich die Sportler an die Regeln halten
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 Referee
- Referees genitive
- Ref abbreviation
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Referee?
- /ˈʁɛfəʁi/
- /ʁefəˈʁiː/
- [ˈʁɛfəʁi]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Referee
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Referee in German?
Referee appears about once in every 3 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).