Gerücht

Meaning

rumor / rumour

Concepts

rumour

rumor

gossip

hearsay

report

love affair

name

renown

reputation

repute

rumour has it

scandal

scuttlebutt

speculation

standing

talk

🗣️

irresponsible criticism

current rumour

current rumor

unofficial record

talk about town

buzz

roun

common talk

fame

glory

kudos

Synonyms

Ruf

Gerede

Hörensagen

Klatsch

Fama

Stadtgespräch

Latrinenparole

Neuigkeit

📰

unbestätigte Meldung

Sage

Glorie

heutzutage

Klang

🔉

Krach

Kunde

Lärm

laufen

🚶

Rechnung

Renommee

Reputation

sagen

🗣️

schleunigst

sind

Sinn

Streit

Vorwand

Wind

Witterung

brausen

Desinformation

Rauschen

verreiben

Gerede von Außenstehenden

Klatschgeschichte

Meinung anderer

Liebesskandal

Halbwahrheit

Stimmengewirr

Flurfunk

Gerüchteküche

Scheißhausparole

Ansehen

Buschfunk

Artefakt

Berühmtheit

eilig

es sind

fließen

Gemunkel

Geräusch

Translations

rumeur

rumor

gerucht

faam

mare

befaamdheid

bruit

boato

rumor

söylenti

voce

reputatie

φήμη

Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

muem

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɡəˈʁʏçt/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle High German: gerüchte

Cognate with Middle High German: geruofte

Cognate with Old High German: geruofti

Cognate with Old High German: ruofan

Cognate with Old Saxon: hrōpan

Cognate with Dutch: gerucht

In summary

Inherited from Middle High German gerüchte (Central German), borrowed from Middle Low German geruchte, gerüchte. This northern form replaced earlier Middle High German geruofte, gerüefte, from Old High German geruofti. The noun ultimately pertains to the verb rufen (“to call”) (Old High German ruofan, Old Saxon hrōpan).
The Low German form is based on the shift -ft- → -cht- (cf. Nichte); the same in Dutch gerucht. Popular etymology later associated the word with riechen (“to smell”).