Silbe
German, noun/ˈzɪl.bə/
Silbe is spelled S-I-L-B-E (5 letters) and appears 2.0 times per million words in written German, the 24,295th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Silbe is a German feminine noun meaning “syllable” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Einheit der gesprochenen Sprache, die aus mindestens einem Vokal oder Sonant besteht und die entweder Teil…”.
What does Silbe mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininesyllable
Wie viel(e) Silben hat dieser Vers?
- 2
femininehyperbole for Wort (“word”) or Satz (“sentence”)
Er hat mich mit keiner Silbe erwähnt.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Einheit der gesprochenen Sprache, die aus mindestens einem Vokal oder Sonant besteht und die entweder Teil eines Wortes ist oder selbst ein Wort bildet.
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 Silbe
- Silben plural
- Silbchen diminutive neuter
- Sylbe alternative archaic
- Sylb alternative obsolete
- Silb alternative obsolete
- Syllbe alternative obsolete
- Sillbe alternative obsolete
- Syllabe alternative obsolete
- Sillabe alternative obsolete
- Syllab alternative obsolete
- Sillab alternative obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Silbe?
- /ˈzɪl.bə/
- [ˈzɪl-]
- [ˈsɪl-]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Silbe
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Silbe in German?
Silbe appears 2.0 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).