Rote
German, noun
Rote is spelled R-O-T-E (4 letters) and appears 45 times per million words in written German, the 1,885th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Rote is a German feminine noun meaning “female Red (communist or socialist)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an umlaut, Röte is a different word: “redness”. In lower case, rote is a different word: “strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular”.
What does Rote mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininefemale Red (communist or socialist)
noun
- 1
feminineredness
adjective
- 1
femininestrong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
- 2
strong nominative/accusative plural
- 3
weak nominative all-gender singular
- 4
feminineneuterweak accusative feminine/neuter singular
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. rote Färbung, die rote Farbe 2. als Kraut wachsendes Rötegewächs mit grünlich gelben Blüten
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 Rote
- Roten plural
- Röten plural
- Röthe alternative obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Rote
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Rote in German?
Rote appears 45 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).