Reinheitsgebot
German, noun/ˈraɪ̯nhaɪ̯tsɡəˌboːt/
Reinheitsgebot is spelled R-E-I-N-H-E-I-T-S-G-E-B-O-T (14 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 62,285th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Reinheitsgebot is a German neuter noun meaning “A legal regulation, eventually going back to the 16th century, prescribing that German beer must not contain any ingredients other than…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “gesetzliche Vorschriften über erlaubte Inhaltsstoffe im Bier”.
What does Reinheitsgebot mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterA legal regulation, eventually going back to the 16th century, prescribing that German beer must not contain any ingredients other than water, malt, hops, and yeast, and that bottom-fermented beer must be brewed with barley.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. gesetzliche Vorschriften über erlaubte Inhaltsstoffe im Bier
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 Reinheitsgebot
- Reinheitsgebotes genitive
- Reinheitsgebots genitive
- Reinheitsgebote plural
- Reinheitsgeboten dative definite plural
- Deutsches Reinheitsgebot alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Reinheitsgebot?
- /ˈraɪ̯nhaɪ̯tsɡəˌboːt/
- [ˈʁaɪ̯n.haɪ̯t͡s.ɡəˌboːt]
- [ˈʁaɪ̯nhaɪ̯t͡sɡəˌboːt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Reinheitsgebot in German?
Reinheitsgebot appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).