safe
German, adjective
safe is spelled S-A-F-E (4 letters) and appears 10 times per million words in written German, the 6,780th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Safe is a German adjective meaning “safe” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Safe is a different word: “safe (vault)”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “vor Gefahren geschützt”.
What does safe mean in English?
adjective
- 1
safe
adverb
- 1
definitely, absolutely, sure
"Willst du 'nen Film gucken?" -"Safe!"
noun
- 1
masculineneutersafe (vault)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. vor Gefahren geschützt 2. bestimmt, gewiss, unzweifelhaft
noun: 1. stark gesicherter, feuerfester Behälter, in dem wichtige Dinge wie Wertsachen und Geld gelagert werden 2. Tresorfach in einer Bankfiliale
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 safe
- safer masculine nominative singular
- am safesten superlative
- safes neuter nominative singular
- safen genitive masculine singular
- safem dative masculine singular
- der safe definite includes-article masculine
- die safe definite feminine includes-article
- das safe definite includes-article neuter
- die safen definite includes-article nominative
- des safen definite genitive includes-article
- der safen definite feminine genitive
- dem safen dative definite includes-article
- den safen dative definite includes-article
- Safes nominative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to safe
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is safe in German?
safe appears 10 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).