Beckmesser
German, noun/ˈbɛkmɛsɐ/
Beckmesser is spelled B-E-C-K-M-E-S-S-E-R (10 letters) and appears about once in every 17 million words in written German, the 232,034th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Beckmesser is a German masculine noun meaning “pedantic critic” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “pedantischer, rechthaberischer, engstirniger Kritiker, der vor lauter Kleinigkeiten das Ganze aus den Augen…”.
What does Beckmesser mean in English?
noun
- 1
derogatorymasculinepedantic critic
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. pedantischer, rechthaberischer, engstirniger Kritiker, der vor lauter Kleinigkeiten das Ganze aus den Augen verliert
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 Beckmesser
- Beckmessers genitive
- Beckmessern dative definite plural
- Beckmesserin feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Beckmesser?
- /ˈbɛkmɛsɐ/
- [ˈbɛkmɛsɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Beckmesser in German?
Beckmesser appears about once in every 17 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).