Wörterbuch
German, noun/ˈvœʁtɐˌbuːx/
Wörterbuch is spelled W-Ö-R-T-E-R-B-U-C-H (10 letters) and appears 7.9 times per million words in written German, the 8,529th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Wörterbuch is a German neuter noun meaning “dictionary (reference work with a list of words from one or more languages, and their definitions or translations)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Nachschlagewerk für die Schreibweise, Aussprache, Bedeutung, Grammatik, Geschichte und/oder Übersetzung von…”.
What does Wörterbuch mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterdictionary (reference work with a list of words from one or more languages, and their definitions or translations)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Nachschlagewerk für die Schreibweise, Aussprache, Bedeutung, Grammatik, Geschichte und/oder Übersetzung von Wörtern
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 Wörterbuch
- Wörterbuches genitive
- Wörterbuchs genitive
- Wörterbücher plural
- Wörterbüchlein diminutive neuter
- Wörterbuche dative singular
- Wörterbüchern dative definite plural
- Wb. abbreviation
- Wtb. abbreviation
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Wörterbuch?
- /ˈvœʁtɐˌbuːx/
- [ˈvœɐ̯tɐˌbuːx]
- [ˈvœʁtɐˌbuːx]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Wörterbuch
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Wörterbuch in German?
Wörterbuch appears 7.9 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).