Sofa
German, noun/ˈzoːfa/
Sofa is spelled S-O-F-A (4 letters) and appears 14 times per million words in written German, the 5,262nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sofa is a German neuter noun meaning “sofa, couch (upholstered seat with a raised back that accommodates at least two people)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “gepolstertes Sitzmöbel für mindestens zwei Personen mit Arm- und Rückenlehnen”.
What does Sofa mean in English?
noun
- 1
neutersofa, couch (upholstered seat with a raised back that accommodates at least two people)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. gepolstertes Sitzmöbel für mindestens zwei Personen mit Arm- und Rückenlehnen
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 Sofa
- Sofas genitive
- Sopha alternative obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Sofa?
- /ˈzoːfa/
- [ˈzoː.fa]
- [ˈsoː.fa]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Sofa
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Sofa in German?
Sofa appears 14 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).