Butzemann
German, noun[ˈbʊt͡səˌman]
Butzemann is spelled B-U-T-Z-E-M-A-N-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 17 million words in written German, the 228,970th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Butzemann is a German masculine noun meaning “bogeyman” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “gespensterhafte Figur, die Angst verbreitet”.
What does Butzemann mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinebogeyman
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. gespensterhafte Figur, die Angst verbreitet
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 Butzemann
- Butzemannes genitive
- Butzemanns genitive
- Butzemänner plural
- Butzemanne dative singular
- Butzemännern dative definite plural
- Butzenmann variant archaic
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Butzemann?
- [ˈbʊt͡səˌman]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Butzemann
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Butzemann in German?
Butzemann 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).