Rooibos
German, noun/ˈʁɔʏ̯bɔs/
Rooibos is spelled R-O-O-I-B-O-S (7 letters) and appears about once in every 9 million words in written German, the 156,943rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Rooibos is a German masculine noun meaning “rooibos plant” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Strauch mit langen dünnen Zweigen, linealischen Laubblättern, gelben Schmetterlingsblüten und ein- oder…”.
What does Rooibos mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinerooibos plant
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Strauch mit langen dünnen Zweigen, linealischen Laubblättern, gelben Schmetterlingsblüten und ein- oder zweisamigen Hülsenfrüchten 2. Art der Familie Hülsenfrüchtler 3. gehackte, gequetschte und meist fermentierte Zweige mit Laubblättern, als Teeaufguss
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 Rooibos
- Rooibosse plural
- Rooibossen dative definite plural
- Rooibusch alternative
- Rotbusch alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Rooibos?
- /ˈʁɔʏ̯bɔs/
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Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Rooibos
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Rooibos in German?
Rooibos appears about once in every 9 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).