Dach
German, noun/dax/
Dach is spelled D-A-C-H (4 letters) and appears 37 times per million words in written German, the 2,246th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dach is a German neuter noun meaning “roof” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “obere Abdeckung eines Gebäudes, eines Fahrzeugs oder eines Zeltes”.
What does Dach mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterroof
- 2
informalneutercircumflex
- 3
colloquialneuterhead, especially the scalp
Du kriegst gleich etwas aufs Dach!
- 4
neutera rock layer above a seam
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. obere Abdeckung eines Gebäudes, eines Fahrzeugs oder eines Zeltes 2. der menschliche Kopf
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 Dach
- Daches genitive
- Dachs genitive
- Dächer plural
- Dächlein diminutive neuter
- Dächelchen diminutive neuter
- Dacherl diminutive neuter
- Dache dative singular
- Dächern dative definite plural
- Dächel diminutive
- Dächerchen diminutive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Dach?
- /dax/
- [däχ]
- [dax]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Dach
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Dach in German?
Dach appears 37 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).