Sub
German, noun[zʊp]
Sub is spelled S-U-B (3 letters) and appears 7.9 times per million words in written German, the 8,529th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sub is a German feminine noun meaning “sub, submissive” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does Sub mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineinformalmasculinesub, submissive
prefix
- 1
sub-
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
prefix: 1. unter-, sich unterhalb befindend 2. unter-, unterhalb angesiedelt seiend, untergeordnet
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 Sub
- Subs genitive
- suf- variant
- sug- variant
- suk- variant
- sup- variant
- sur- variant
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Sub?
- [zʊp]
- [sʌb]
- [sʊb]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Sub
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Sub in German?
Sub appears 7.9 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).