katzenhaft
German, adjective[ˈkat͡sn̩haft]
katzenhaft is spelled K-A-T-Z-E-N-H-A-F-T (10 letters) and appears about once in every 55 million words in written German, the 452,179th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Katzenhaft is a German adjective meaning “catlike, cattish; slinky, feline” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “in gewisser Hinsicht mit einer Katze vergleichbar, ihr ähnlich: sich so bewegend, mit solchen Augen oder…”.
What does katzenhaft mean in English?
adjective
- 1
catlike, cattish; slinky, feline
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. in gewisser Hinsicht mit einer Katze vergleichbar, ihr ähnlich: sich so bewegend, mit solchen Augen oder Anderes
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 katzenhaft
- katzenhafter masculine nominative singular
- katzenhafte feminine nominative singular
- katzenhaftes neuter nominative singular
- katzenhaften genitive masculine singular
- katzenhaftem dative masculine singular
- der katzenhafte definite includes-article masculine
- die katzenhafte definite feminine includes-article
- das katzenhafte definite includes-article neuter
- die katzenhaften definite includes-article nominative
- des katzenhaften definite genitive includes-article
- der katzenhaften definite feminine genitive
- dem katzenhaften dative definite includes-article
- den katzenhaften dative definite includes-article
- am katzenhaftesten superlative
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce katzenhaft?
- [ˈkat͡sn̩haft]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to katzenhaft
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is katzenhaft in German?
katzenhaft appears about once in every 55 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).