Ärschen
German, noun[ˈaʁʃn̩]
Ärschen is spelled Ä-R-S-C-H-E-N (7 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 75,468th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ärschen is a German masculine noun meaning “dative plural of Arsch” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does Ärschen mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinedative plural of Arsch
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. die Hinterbacken lecken („lambere nates“, „lingere culum“)
verb: 1. durch den Hinterein- beziehungsweise -ausgang gehen 2. hinauszögern, verzögern
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 Ärschen
- arsche present
- arschst present
- arscht present
- arschte past
- ärschte subjunctive-ii
- arsche! imperative singular
- arscht! imperative plural
- gearscht participle-2 perfect
- haben auxiliary perfect
- ärsche present
- ärschst present
- ärscht present
- ärsche! imperative singular
- ärscht! imperative plural
- geärscht participle-2 perfect
- sich ärschen infinitive present not-extended
- sich zu ärschen infinitive present extended
- sich geärscht haben infinitive perfect not-extended
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Ärschen?
- [ˈaʁʃn̩]
- [ˈaːɐ̯ʃn̩]
- [ˈɛːɐ̯ʃn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Ärschen in German?
Ärschen appears about once in every 3 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).