Ruhm
German, noun/ʁuːm/
Ruhm is spelled R-U-H-M (4 letters) and appears 8.7 times per million words in written German, the 7,885th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ruhm is a German masculine noun meaning “fame, glory” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “hohe Bekanntheit und Anerkennung wegen einer positiven Leistung”.
What does Ruhm mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinefame, glory
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. hohe Bekanntheit und Anerkennung wegen einer positiven Leistung
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 Ruhm
- Ruhmes genitive
- Ruhms genitive
- Ruhme dative singular
- Rhum alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Ruhm?
- /ʁuːm/
- [ʁuːm]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Ruhm
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Ruhm in German?
Ruhm appears 8.7 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).