Reibung
German, noun[ˈʁaɪ̯bʊŋ]
Reibung is spelled R-E-I-B-U-N-G (7 letters) and appears 1.7 times per million words in written German, the 27,235th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Reibung is a German feminine noun meaning “friction” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Kraft, die einer Relativbewegung zweier berührender Körper auf Grund deren Berührung entgegenwirkt”.
What does Reibung mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininefriction
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Kraft, die einer Relativbewegung zweier berührender Körper auf Grund deren Berührung entgegenwirkt 2. (meist negative) Effekte des Zusammenwirkens
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 Reibung
- Reibungen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Reibung?
- [ˈʁaɪ̯bʊŋ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Reibung
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Reibung in German?
Reibung appears 1.7 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).