Rugby
German, noun/ˈʁakbi/
Rugby is spelled R-U-G-B-Y (5 letters) and appears 2.5 times per million words in written German, the 20,546th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Rugby is a German neuter noun meaning “rugby, rugby football” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Mannschaftsspiel mit einem eiförmigen Lederball”.
What does Rugby mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterrugby, rugby football
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Mannschaftsspiel mit einem eiförmigen Lederball
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 Rugby
- Rugbys genitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Rugby?
- /ˈʁakbi/
- /ˈɹakbi/
- [ˈʁakbi]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Rugby
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Rugby in German?
Rugby appears 2.5 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).