Rhabarber
German, noun/ʁaˈbaʁbɐ/
Rhabarber is spelled R-H-A-B-A-R-B-E-R (9 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 50,363rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Rhabarber is a German masculine noun meaning “rhubarb (any plant of the genus Rheum, especially Rheum rhabarbarum, having large leaves and long green or reddish acidic leafstalks that…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Gartenpflanze mit großen Blättern und langen, rot-grünen Stielen”.
What does Rhabarber mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinerhubarb (any plant of the genus Rheum, especially Rheum rhabarbarum, having large leaves and long green or reddish acidic leafstalks that are edible, in particular when cooked (although the leaves are mildly poisonous))
- 2
masculinerhubarb (the leafstalks of common rhubarb or garden rhubarb (usually known as Rheum × hybridum), which are long, fleshy, often pale red, and with a tart taste, used as a food ingredient; they are frequently stewed with sugar and made into jam or used in crumbles, pies, etc)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Gartenpflanze mit großen Blättern und langen, rot-grünen Stielen 2. unverständliches Gerede 3. die Pflanzengattung Rheum
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 Rhabarber
- Rhabarbers genitive
- Rhabarbern dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Rhabarber?
- /ʁaˈbaʁbɐ/
- [ʁaˈbaʁbɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Rhabarber
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Rhabarber in German?
Rhabarber appears about once in every 1 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).