Verbot
German, noun
Verbot is spelled V-E-R-B-O-T (6 letters) and appears 30 times per million words in written German, the 2,772nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Verbot is a German neuter noun meaning “prohibition, ban” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). In lower case, verbot is a different word: “first/third-person singular preterite of verbieten”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “strenge Aufforderung, eine Handlung oder Tätigkeit zu unterlassen”.
What does Verbot mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterprohibition, ban
Der Minister versuchte, ein gesetzliches Verbot falscher Werbung einzuführen.
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular preterite of verbieten
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. strenge Aufforderung, eine Handlung oder Tätigkeit zu unterlassen 2. Gesetz, das die Ausführung einer bestimmten Tätigkeit oder Handlung unter bestimmten Umständen verbietet
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 Verbot
- Verbotes genitive
- Verbots genitive
- Verbote plural
- Verboten dative definite plural
- Verboth obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Verbot
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Verbot in German?
Verbot appears 30 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).