Ruf
German, noun
Ruf is spelled R-U-F (3 letters) and appears 36 times per million words in written German, the 2,298th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ruf is a German masculine noun meaning “call, shout, cry” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). In lower case, ruf is a different word: “singular imperative of rufen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “ein Laut, der an jemanden adressiert ist”.
What does Ruf mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecall, shout, cry
- 2
masculinereputation
verb
- 1
singular imperative of rufen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ein Laut, der an jemanden adressiert ist 2. das Ansehen, das jemand bei anderen hat 3. eine Aufforderung, beispielsweise einen Platz oder eine Position (an einer Universität) einzunehmen oder etwas zu tun
noun: 1. Rebellenarmee in Sierra Leone
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 Ruf
- Rufes genitive
- Rufs genitive
- Rufe plural
- Rufen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Ruf
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Ruf in German?
Ruf appears 36 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).