frech
German, adjective/fʁɛç/
frech is spelled F-R-E-C-H (5 letters) and appears 6.9 times per million words in written German, the 9,526th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Frech is a German adjective meaning “cheeky, barefaced, rude, saucy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “die Normen und Höflichkeit missachtend, Respekt vermissen lassend”.
What does frech mean in English?
adjective
- 1
cheeky, barefaced, rude, saucy
eine freche Bemerkung
- 2
naughty
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. die Normen und Höflichkeit missachtend, Respekt vermissen lassend 2. positiv, auffällig aus dem Rahmen fallend 3. respektlos mit dem Beigeschmack von Verruchtheit
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 frech
- frecher masculine nominative singular
- am frechsten superlative
- freche feminine nominative singular
- freches neuter nominative singular
- frechen genitive masculine singular
- frechem dative masculine singular
- der freche definite includes-article masculine
- die freche definite feminine includes-article
- das freche definite includes-article neuter
- die frechen definite includes-article nominative
- des frechen definite genitive includes-article
- der frechen definite feminine genitive
- dem frechen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce frech?
- /fʁɛç/
- [fʁɛç]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to frech
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is frech in German?
frech appears 6.9 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).