Sünde
German, noun
Sünde is spelled S-Ü-N-D-E (5 letters) and appears 8.7 times per million words in written German, the 7,885th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sünde is a German feminine noun meaning “sin” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). Without its umlaut, Sunde is a different word: “nominative/genitive/accusative plural”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “Übertretung eines religiösen Gebotes oder Verbotes”.
What does Sünde mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininesin
noun
- 1
nominative/genitive/accusative plural
- 2
dative singular
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Übertretung eines religiösen Gebotes oder Verbotes 2. negativer Zustand, der durch eine Sünde im religiösen Sinn eintritt 3. Durchführung einer Handlung, die negative Auswirkungen hat, wider besseres Wissen
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 Sünde
- Sünden plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Sünde
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Sünde in German?
Sünde appears 8.7 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).