Kaufsucht
German, noun/ˈkaʊ̯fzʊxt/
Kaufsucht is spelled K-A-U-F-S-U-C-H-T (9 letters) and appears about once in every 12 million words in written German, the 192,441st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Kaufsucht is a German feminine noun meaning “shopping addiction, shopaholism” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “das zwanghafte Verlangen danach, etwas zu kaufen zu müssen, wobei nicht der gekaufte Gegenstand zählt…”.
What does Kaufsucht mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineshopping addiction, shopaholism
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. das zwanghafte Verlangen danach, etwas zu kaufen zu müssen, wobei nicht der gekaufte Gegenstand zählt, sondern allein nur die Handlung des Kaufens
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce Kaufsucht?
- /ˈkaʊ̯fzʊxt/
- [ˈkaʊ̯fˌzʊxt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Kaufsucht in German?
Kaufsucht appears about once in every 12 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).