Tour
German, noun/tuːr/
Tour is spelled T-O-U-R (4 letters) and appears 55 times per million words in written German, the 1,550th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tour is a German feminine noun meaning “a trip, particularly when travel takes up a significant portion of the time (as in a daytrip or a journey with several stops)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Reise, Weg oder Bewegung mit in der Regel identischem Ausgangs- und Zielort”.
What does Tour mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininea trip, particularly when travel takes up a significant portion of the time (as in a daytrip or a journey with several stops)
Wir haben eine zweiwöchige Tour durch acht Städte gemacht.
- 2
femininea race with several stages
Etappensiege sind ihm egal; er will die Tour gewinnen.
- 3
femininea series of artistic appearances in different places
- 4
datedfeminineturn, rotation
- 5
datedfemininerevolution of a motor
Wie viel Touren hat der Wagen?
- 6
feminineinformalmanner, way, fashion
Auf die nette Tour erreicht man oft mehr.
- 7
derogatoryfeminineinformala way of persuading, of presenting oneself: shtick, game, scheme
Dann fing er wieder an mit seiner typischen Tour.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Reise, Weg oder Bewegung mit in der Regel identischem Ausgangs- und Zielort 2. Drehzahl, Umdrehungen 3. Tanzfigur im Ballett
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 Tour
- Touren plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Tour?
- /tuːr/
- [tu(ː)ɐ̯]
- [tuːɐ̯]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Tour
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Tour in German?
Tour appears 55 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).