Kätzchen
German, noun/ˈkɛtsçən/
Kätzchen is spelled K-Ä-T-Z-C-H-E-N (8 letters) and appears 4.1 times per million words in written German, the 14,267th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Kätzchen is a German neuter noun meaning “catkin (type of blossom)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a diminutive of Katze: kitten; little cat; endearing cat. The German Wiktionary defines it as “kleine Katze”.
What does Kätzchen mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterdiminutive of Katze: kitten; little cat; endearing cat
- 2
neutercatkin (type of blossom)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. kleine Katze 2. windbestäubter Blütenstand (ähnlich einer Ähre) an Bäumen und Sträuchern
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 Kätzchen
- Kätzchens genitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Kätzchen?
- /ˈkɛtsçən/
- [ˈkɛt͡sçən]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Kätzchen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Kätzchen in German?
Kätzchen appears 4.1 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).