Rüge
German, noun
Rüge is a German feminine noun meaning “reprimand, censure (accusation of wrongdoing or misbehavior, but typically without further punishment)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). In lower case, rüge is a different word: “first-person singular present”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “Ermahnung ohne negative Konsequenzen durch eine vorgesetzte Person oder Institution”.
What does Rüge mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininereprimand, censure (accusation of wrongdoing or misbehavior, but typically without further punishment)
verb
- 1
first-person singular present
- 2
first/third-person singular subjunctive I
- 3
singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Ermahnung ohne negative Konsequenzen durch eine vorgesetzte Person oder Institution
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 Rüge
- Rügen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Rüge
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Rüge in German?
Rüge appears 1.2 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).