Wut
German, noun/vuːt/
Wut is spelled W-U-T (3 letters) and appears 19 times per million words in written German, the 4,114th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Wut is a German feminine noun meaning “rage; fury; outrage” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “starke Gemütserregung, ein Gefühl großen Ärgers, oft in Verbindung mit aggressivem Verhalten”.
What does Wut mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininerage; fury; outrage
- 2
feminineanger; usually “strong, hateful anger” in literary German, but not necessarily in the vernacular
- 3
feminineecstasy; frenzy
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. starke Gemütserregung, ein Gefühl großen Ärgers, oft in Verbindung mit aggressivem Verhalten
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 Wut?
- /vuːt/
- [vuːt]
- [ʋuːt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Wut
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Wut in German?
Wut appears 19 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).