Katzenbuckel
German, noun[ˈkat͡sn̩ˌbʊkl̩]
Katzenbuckel is spelled K-A-T-Z-E-N-B-U-C-K-E-L (12 letters) and appears about once in every 15 million words in written German, the 219,861st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Katzenbuckel is a German masculine noun meaning “arched back of a cat” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “stark gekrümmter Rücken, insbesondere bei Katzen, aber auch übertragen”.
What does Katzenbuckel mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinearched back of a cat
- 2
masculinebow (gesture of respect)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. stark gekrümmter Rücken, insbesondere bei Katzen, aber auch übertragen
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 Katzenbuckel
- Katzenbuckels genitive
- Katzenbuckeln dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Katzenbuckel?
- [ˈkat͡sn̩ˌbʊkl̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Katzenbuckel in German?
Katzenbuckel appears about once in every 15 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).