Galgenvogel
German, noun
Galgenvogel is spelled G-A-L-G-E-N-V-O-G-E-L (11 letters) and appears about once in every 19 million words in written German, the 247,831st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Galgenvogel is a German masculine noun meaning “good-for-nothing” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an umlaut, Galgenvögel is a different word: “nominative/accusative/genitive plural of Galgenvogel”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “jemand, der zu nichts taugt”.
What does Galgenvogel mean in English?
noun
- 1
colloquialderogatorymasculinegood-for-nothing
noun
- 1
masculinenominative/accusative/genitive plural of Galgenvogel
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. jemand, der zu nichts taugt
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 Galgenvogel
- Galgenvogels genitive
- Galgenvögel plural
- Galgenvögeln dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is Galgenvogel in German?
Galgenvogel appears about once in every 19 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).