urban
German, adjective/ʊʁˈbaːn/
urban is spelled U-R-B-A-N (5 letters) and appears 8.9 times per million words in written German, the 7,736th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Urban is a German adjective meaning “urban” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “städtisch, zu einer Stadt gehörend”.
What does urban mean in English?
adjective
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urban
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. städtisch, zu einer Stadt gehörend 2. weltläufig, gesittet und höflich
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 urban
- urbaner masculine nominative singular
- am urbansten superlative
- urbane feminine nominative singular
- urbanes neuter nominative singular
- urbanen genitive masculine singular
- urbanem dative masculine singular
- der urbane definite includes-article masculine
- die urbane definite feminine includes-article
- das urbane definite includes-article neuter
- die urbanen definite includes-article nominative
- des urbanen definite genitive includes-article
- der urbanen definite feminine genitive
- dem urbanen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce urban?
- /ʊʁˈbaːn/
- [ʊɐ̯ˈbaːn]
- [ʊʁˈbaːn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to urban
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is urban in German?
urban appears 8.9 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).