Gänseblümchen
German, noun/ˈɡɛnzəˌblyːmçn̩/
Gänseblümchen is spelled G-Ä-N-S-E-B-L-Ü-M-C-H-E-N (13 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 49,558th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gänseblümchen is a German neuter noun meaning “daisy (flowering plant in the genus Bellis, especially Bellis perennis, the English daisy)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Blütenpflanze aus der Familie der Korbblütler, die gelegentlich als Nahrungs-, Futter- oder Heilpflanze…”.
What does Gänseblümchen mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterdaisy (flowering plant in the genus Bellis, especially Bellis perennis, the English daisy)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Blütenpflanze aus der Familie der Korbblütler, die gelegentlich als Nahrungs-, Futter- oder Heilpflanze genutzt wird
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 Gänseblümchen
- Gänseblümchens genitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Gänseblümchen?
- /ˈɡɛnzəˌblyːmçn̩/
- /ˈɡɛnzəˌblyːmçən/
- [ˈɡɛnzəˌblyːmçən]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Gänseblümchen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Gänseblümchen in German?
Gänseblümchen appears about once in every 1 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).