Reibelaut
German, noun[ˈʁaɪ̯bəˌlaʊ̯t]
Reibelaut is spelled R-E-I-B-E-L-A-U-T (9 letters) and appears about once in every 44 million words in written German, the 396,524th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Reibelaut is a German masculine noun meaning “fricative consonant” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Laut, der durch Reibung mittels Verengung des Artikulationskanals erzeugt wird. Eine besondere Untergruppe…”.
What does Reibelaut mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinefricative consonant
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Laut, der durch Reibung mittels Verengung des Artikulationskanals erzeugt wird. Eine besondere Untergruppe sind die so genannten Zischlaute (Sibilanten) wie [s] und [z].
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 Reibelaut
- Reibelautes genitive
- Reibelauts genitive
- Reibelaute plural
- Reibelauten dative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Reibelaut?
- [ˈʁaɪ̯bəˌlaʊ̯t]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Reibelaut
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Reibelaut in German?
Reibelaut appears about once in every 44 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).