Heinzelmännchen
German, noun/ˈhaɪ̯nt͡sl̩ˌmɛnçən/
Heinzelmännchen is spelled H-E-I-N-Z-E-L-M-Ä-N-N-C-H-E-N (15 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 88,766th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Heinzelmännchen is a German neuter noun meaning “brownie (fairy)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “liebevoller Zwerg oder Hausgeist, der heimlich die Arbeit von Menschen verrichtet”.
What does Heinzelmännchen mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterbrownie (fairy)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. liebevoller Zwerg oder Hausgeist, der heimlich die Arbeit von Menschen verrichtet
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 Heinzelmännchen
- Heinzelmännchens genitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Heinzelmännchen?
- /ˈhaɪ̯nt͡sl̩ˌmɛnçən/
- [ˈhaɪ̯nt͡sl̩ˌmɛnçən]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Heinzelmännchen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Heinzelmännchen in German?
Heinzelmännchen appears about once in every 3 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).