Froschfresser
German, noun/ˈfʁɔʃˌfʁɛsɐ/
Froschfresser is spelled F-R-O-S-C-H-F-R-E-S-S-E-R (13 letters) and appears about once in every 12 million words in written German, the 192,441st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Froschfresser is a German masculine noun meaning “frog eater, someone or something that eats frogs” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Person französischer Abstammung”.
What does Froschfresser mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinefrog eater, someone or something that eats frogs
Der Reiher ist ein Froschfresser.
- 2
derogatorymasculinefrogeater, a French person
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Person französischer Abstammung
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 Froschfresser
- Froschfressers genitive
- Froschfresserin feminine
- Froschfressern dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Froschfresser?
- /ˈfʁɔʃˌfʁɛsɐ/
- [ˈfʁɔʃˌfʁɛsɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Froschfresser in German?
Froschfresser appears about once in every 12 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).