dutzend
German, adjective
dutzend is spelled D-U-T-Z-E-N-D (7 letters) and appears 14 times per million words in written German, the 5,360th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dutzend is a German adjective meaning “dozen” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Dutzend is a different word: “dozen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “unbestimmte (größere) Menge”.
What does dutzend mean in English?
adjective
- 1
dozen
noun
- 1
neuterdozen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. alter, aber auch heute noch gebräuchlicher Zahlklassifikator für die Zahl Zwölf; zwölf 2. unbestimmte Anzahl von etwas; viele
adjective: 1. unbestimmte (größere) Menge
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 dutzend
- Dutzends genitive
- Dutzende plural
- Dutzenden dative definite plural
- dutzender masculine nominative singular
- dutzende feminine nominative singular
- dutzendes neuter nominative singular
- dutzenden genitive masculine singular
- dutzendem dative masculine singular
- der dutzende definite includes-article masculine
- die dutzende definite feminine includes-article
- das dutzende definite includes-article neuter
- die dutzenden definite includes-article nominative
- des dutzenden definite genitive includes-article
- der dutzenden definite feminine genitive
- Dtzd. abbreviation
- die dutzend Dinge nominative definite
- dutzend Dinge nominative indefinite
- der dutzend Dinge genitive definite
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to dutzend
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is dutzend in German?
dutzend appears 14 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).