Galgenmännchen
German, noun/ˈɡalɡənˌmɛnçən/
Galgenmännchen is spelled G-A-L-G-E-N-M-Ä-N-N-C-H-E-N (14 letters) and appears about once in every 35 million words in written German, the 352,658th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Galgenmännchen is a German neuter noun meaning “hangman (word guessing game)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does Galgenmännchen mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterhangman (word guessing game)
In der Pause haben wir immer Galgenmännchen gespielt.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of Galgenmännchen
- Galgenmännchens genitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Galgenmännchen?
- /ˈɡalɡənˌmɛnçən/
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Galgenmännchen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Galgenmännchen in German?
Galgenmännchen appears about once in every 35 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).