wohlgeboren
German, adjective[ˈvoːlɡəˌboːʁən]
wohlgeboren is spelled W-O-H-L-G-E-B-O-R-E-N (11 letters) and appears about once in every 14 million words in written German, the 211,221st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Wohlgeboren is a German adjective meaning “well-born” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “dem bürgerlichen Stande angehörend”.
What does wohlgeboren mean in English?
adjective
- 1
well-born
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. dem bürgerlichen Stande angehörend
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 wohlgeboren
- wohlgeborener masculine nominative singular
- wohlgeborene feminine nominative singular
- wohlgeborenes neuter nominative singular
- wohlgeborenen genitive masculine singular
- wohlgeborenem dative masculine singular
- der wohlgeborene definite includes-article masculine
- die wohlgeborene definite feminine includes-article
- das wohlgeborene definite includes-article neuter
- die wohlgeborenen definite includes-article nominative
- des wohlgeborenen definite genitive includes-article
- der wohlgeborenen definite feminine genitive
- dem wohlgeborenen dative definite includes-article
- den wohlgeborenen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce wohlgeboren?
- [ˈvoːlɡəˌboːʁən]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is wohlgeboren in German?
wohlgeboren appears about once in every 14 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).