ups
German, interjection/ʊps/
ups is spelled U-P-S (3 letters) and appears 10 times per million words in written German, the 6,912th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ups is a German interjection meaning “oops” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Ausdruck der Überraschung”.
What does ups mean in English?
interjection
- 1
oops
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
interjection: 1. Ausdruck der Überraschung
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce ups?
- /ʊps/
- /uːps/
- [ʊps]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ups
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ups in German?
ups appears 10 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).