Rube
//ɹuːb//
Translations of "rube" (11 languages)
| Language | Translation | Romanization | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bulgarian | наивник(pejorative: uninformed, unsophisticated, or unintelligent person), селяндур(person of rural heritage; a yokel) | naivnik, seljandur | |
| Czech | (venkovský) balík(person of rural heritage; a yokel), buran(pejorative: uninformed, unsophisticated, or unintelligent person), křupan(pejorative: uninformed, unsophisticated, or unintelligent person) | — | |
| Danish | bonderøv(person of rural heritage; a yokel) | — | |
| Dutch | boerenpummel(person of rural heritage; a yokel), mafkees(pejorative: uninformed, unsophisticated, or unintelligent person), plattelander(person of rural heritage; a yokel), simpele ziel(pejorative: uninformed, unsophisticated, or unintelligent person), sul(pejorative: uninformed, unsophisticated, or unintelligent person) | — | |
| Finnish | juntti(pejorative: uninformed, unsophisticated, or unintelligent person), maalainen(person of rural heritage; a yokel) | — | |
| French | plouc(person of rural heritage; a yokel) | — | |
| German | Bauerntrampel(person of rural heritage; a yokel), Bauerntölpel(person of rural heritage; a yokel), Trottel(pejorative: uninformed, unsophisticated, or unintelligent person), Tölpel(pejorative: uninformed, unsophisticated, or unintelligent person) | — | |
| Hungarian | bugris(pejorative: uninformed, unsophisticated, or unintelligent person) | — | |
| Norwegian | bondetamp(person of rural heritage; a yokel) | — | |
| Polish | prostak(pejorative: uninformed, unsophisticated, or unintelligent person), wieśniak(person of rural heritage; a yokel) | — | |
| Russian | деревенщина(person of rural heritage; a yokel), недотёпа(pejorative: uninformed, unsophisticated, or unintelligent person), проста́к(pejorative: uninformed, unsophisticated, or unintelligent person), простофиля(pejorative: uninformed, unsophisticated, or unintelligent person) | derevenščina, nedotjópa, prosták, prostofilja |
(venkovský) balík, buran, křupan
bonderøv
boerenpummel, mafkees, plattelander, simpele ziel, sul
juntti, maalainen
plouc
Bauerntrampel, Bauerntölpel, Trottel, Tölpel
bugris
bondetamp
prostak, wieśniak
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.