Rumba
German, noun[ˈʁʊmba]
Rumba is spelled R-U-M-B-A (5 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 62,285th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Rumba is a German feminine noun meaning “rumba (Latin-American dance)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Lateinamerikanischer Gesellschafts- und Turnier-Tanz”.
What does Rumba mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemasculinerumba (Latin-American dance)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Lateinamerikanischer Gesellschafts- und Turnier-Tanz 2. Sammelbezeichnung für eine Vielzahl historischer und gegenwärtiger Lied- und Tanzformen auf Kuba
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 Rumba
- Rumbas genitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Rumba?
- [ˈʁʊmba]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Rumba
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Rumba in German?
Rumba appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).