Röhre
German, noun
Röhre is spelled R-Ö-H-R-E (5 letters) and appears 4.3 times per million words in written German, the 13,799th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Röhre is a German feminine noun meaning “tube, duct, pipe” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). Without its umlaut, Rohre is a different word: “nominative/accusative/genitive plural of Rohr”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “ein längerer, zylinderförmiger Hohlkörper von schmalem Durchmesser zur Weiterleitung von Flüssigkeiten oder…”.
What does Röhre mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininetube, duct, pipe
- 2
colloquialfeminineoven
- 3
colloquialfemininebox, television
noun
- 1
nominative/accusative/genitive plural of Rohr
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ein längerer, zylinderförmiger Hohlkörper von schmalem Durchmesser zur Weiterleitung von Flüssigkeiten oder Gasen 2. ein röhrenförmiges Gefäß zum Aufbewahren von Gegenständen mit kleinem Durchmesser 3. umgangssprachlich: ein Backofen 4. eine Elektronenröhre
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 Röhre
- Röhren plural
- Röhrchen diminutive neuter
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Röhre
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Röhre in German?
Röhre appears 4.3 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).