Babuschka
German, noun/ˈbabʊʃka/
Babuschka is spelled B-A-B-U-S-C-H-K-A (9 letters) and appears about once in every 15 million words in written German, the 214,094th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Babuschka is a German feminine noun meaning “babushka” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Großmutter beziehungsweise eine ältere Frau, die nicht die eigene Großmutter ist”.
What does Babuschka mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininebabushka
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Großmutter beziehungsweise eine ältere Frau, die nicht die eigene Großmutter ist
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 Babuschka
- Babuschkas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Babuschka?
- /ˈbabʊʃka/
- [ˈbabʊʃka]
- [ˈbaːbʊʃka]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Babuschka in German?
Babuschka appears about once in every 15 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).