Babysitting
German, noun[ˈbeːbizɪtɪŋ]
Babysitting is spelled B-A-B-Y-S-I-T-T-I-N-G (11 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written German, the 129,075th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Babysitting is a German neuter noun meaning “babysitting” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “meist bezahlte Beaufsichtigung von Kindern, während ihre Eltern abwesend sind”.
What does Babysitting mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterbabysitting
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. meist bezahlte Beaufsichtigung von Kindern, während ihre Eltern abwesend sind
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 Babysitting
- Babysittings genitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Babysitting?
- [ˈbeːbizɪtɪŋ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Babysitting in German?
Babysitting appears about once in every 6 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).