Blutgrätsche
German, noun/ˈbluːtˌɡʁɛːtʃə/
Blutgrätsche is spelled B-L-U-T-G-R-Ä-T-S-C-H-E (12 letters) and appears about once in every 29 million words in written German, the 313,524th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Blutgrätsche is a German feminine noun meaning “A slide tackle at high speed that is directed right at the other player’s legs, usually deliberately so” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “das rücksichtslose Reingrätschen in einen Gegenspieler, das auch dessen Verletzung billigend in Kauf nimmt”.
What does Blutgrätsche mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineA slide tackle at high speed that is directed right at the other player’s legs, usually deliberately so.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. das rücksichtslose Reingrätschen in einen Gegenspieler, das auch dessen Verletzung billigend in Kauf nimmt
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 Blutgrätsche
- Blutgrätschen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Blutgrätsche?
- /ˈbluːtˌɡʁɛːtʃə/
- /-ˌɡʁeːtʃə/
- [ˈbluːtˌɡʁɛːt͡ʃə]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Blutgrätsche in German?
Blutgrätsche appears about once in every 29 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).