Ruhe
German, noun
Ruhe is spelled R-U-H-E (4 letters) and appears 78 times per million words in written German, the 1,114th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ruhe is a German feminine noun meaning “calm, relative quietness (absence of loud sounds)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). In lower case, ruhe is a different word: “first-person singular present”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “Abwesenheit von Ablenkung, Störung, Geräusch und Bewegung; (fast völlige) Stille und Bewegungslosigkeit”.
What does Ruhe mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecalm, relative quietness (absence of loud sounds)
- 2
femininecalmness, serenity
- 3
femininerest, repose
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. Abwesenheit von Ablenkung, Störung, Geräusch und Bewegung; (fast völlige) Stille und Bewegungslosigkeit 2. Zustand von Menschen und Tieren in beschaulicher Untätigkeit oder Entspannung 3. durch keinen Kampf, keinen Streit oder keinen Unfriede gekennzeichneter Zustand 4. Zustand des seelischen Gleichgewichts, der Gelassenheit
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 Ruhe
- Ruh alternative colloquial poetic
- Ruge alternative obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Ruhe
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Ruhe in German?
Ruhe appears 78 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).