Katze
German, noun/ˈkatsə/
Katze is spelled K-A-T-Z-E (5 letters) and appears 31 times per million words in written German, the 2,653rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Katze is a German feminine noun meaning “house cat, Felis silvestris catus” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “in zahlreichen Rassen gezüchtetes, dem Menschen verbundenes, anschmiegsames Haustier (Felis silvestris catus)”.
What does Katze mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininehouse cat, Felis silvestris catus
- 2
femininefemale house cat
- 3
femininecat (any member of the genus Felis)
- 4
femininethe obsolete constellation Felis
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. in zahlreichen Rassen gezüchtetes, dem Menschen verbundenes, anschmiegsames Haustier (Felis silvestris catus) 2. weibliches Exemplar des unter [1] beschriebenen Haustieres 3. weibliches Exemplar von Luchs, Murmeltier, Wildkatze 4. Vertreter einer Familie von katzenartigen Raubtieren (Felidae), die nahezu weltweit in zahlreichen Arten vorkommen
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 Katze
- Katzen plural
- Kätzchen diminutive neuter
- Kätzlein diminutive neuter
- Katzerl diminutive neuter
- Katzl diminutive neuter
- Katzi diminutive neuter
- männliche Katze masculine
- Kater masculine
- weibliche Katze feminine
- Kätzin feminine
- Katerin feminine
- Katz alternative
- Katz' alternative
- Katzer masculine regional
- Katzmann masculine
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Katze?
- /ˈkatsə/
- /ˈkɑtːsə/
- [ˈkat͡sə]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Katze
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Katze in German?
Katze appears 31 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).