Arsch
German, noun/arʃ/
Arsch is spelled A-R-S-C-H (5 letters) and appears 69 times per million words in written German, the 1,232nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Arsch is a German masculine noun meaning “arse, posterior, buttocks” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “für Hinterteil eines Tieres oder Menschen, Po, Gesäß”.
What does Arsch mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinevulgararse, posterior, buttocks
noun
- 1
derogatorymasculineneuterarse (mean or despicable person)
prefix
- 1
colloquialvulgarIntensifies adjectives or (rarely) nouns.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. für Hinterteil eines Tieres oder Menschen, Po, Gesäß 2. Mensch, dessen Verhalten stark missbilligt wird, niederträchtige Person
prefix: 1. verstärkende Vorsilbe; sehr
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 Arsch
- Arsches genitive
- Arschs genitive
- Ärsche plural
- Arsche dative singular
- Ärschen dative definite plural
- *rsch alternative
- Ärschchen diminutive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Arsch?
- /arʃ/
- [ʔaʁʃ]
- [ʔaɐ̯ʃ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Arsch
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Arsch in German?
Arsch appears 69 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).