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Dolch

German, noun/dɔlç/

Dolch is spelled D-O-L-C-H (5 letters) and appears 2.1 times per million words in written German, the 23,467th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dolch is a German masculine noun meaning “dagger” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “ein Messer mit zwei Schneiden”.

What does Dolch mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinedagger

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

noun: 1. ein Messer mit zwei Schneiden

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 Dolch

  • Dolches genitive
  • Dolchs genitive
  • Dolche plural
  • Dolchen dative definite plural

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce Dolch?

  • /dɔlç/
  • [dɔlç]
  • [-ʎç]

Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to Dolch

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is Dolch in German?

Dolch appears 2.1 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).

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