bisschen
German, adverb
bisschen is spelled B-I-S-S-C-H-E-N (8 letters) and appears 170 times per million words in written German, the 507th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bisschen is a German adverb meaning “(a) bit; (a) little” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Bisschen is a different word: “diminutive of Biss (“bite”): a bit (small amount)”.
What does bisschen mean in English?
adverb
- 1
(a) bit; (a) little
Er spricht nur ein bisschen Englisch.
- 2
(not a) bit
noun
- 1
neuterdiminutive of Biss (“bite”): a bit (small amount).
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
pronoun: 1. ein klein wenig, eine kleine Menge von etwas 2. überhaupt kein, gar nicht 3. nur ab und an
noun: 1. kleiner Bissen
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 bisschen
- bißchen alternative
- bissel alternative colloquial
- bissl alternative colloquial
- bisserl alternative colloquial
- büschen alternative
- bissken alternative
- Bisschens genitive
- Bißchen alternative
- Bisslein alternative
- Bisserl alternative
- bischen obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to bisschen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is bisschen in German?
bisschen appears 170 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).