Guggenmusik
German, noun[ˈɡʊɡn̩muˌziːk]
Guggenmusik is spelled G-U-G-G-E-N-M-U-S-I-K (11 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written German, the 168,023rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Guggenmusik is a German feminine noun meaning “the music played on Fasnacht” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “überwiegend schrille und dissonante, gleichzeitig von Trommeln begleitete Blasmusik auf Fasnachtsumzügen”.
What does Guggenmusik mean in English?
noun
- 1
Switzerlandfemininethe music played on Fasnacht
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. überwiegend schrille und dissonante, gleichzeitig von Trommeln begleitete Blasmusik auf Fasnachtsumzügen 2. Musikverein, der auf Fasnachtsumzügen schrille, dissonante Blasmusik spielt
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 Guggenmusik
- Guggamusik variant
- Guuggenmusig variant
- Gugge abbreviation
- Guggenmusiken nominative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Guggenmusik?
- [ˈɡʊɡn̩muˌziːk]
- [ˈɡʊɡn̩muˌsɪk]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Guggenmusik in German?
Guggenmusik appears about once in every 10 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).