Kauz
German, noun/kaʊ̯t͡s/
Kauz is spelled K-A-U-Z (4 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 66,083rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Kauz is a German masculine noun meaning “owl; (specifically) strigid” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Vertreter einiger Eulengattungen”.
What does Kauz mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineowl; (specifically) strigid
- 2
masculinecrank, odd fellow, codger
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Vertreter einiger Eulengattungen 2. eigenartiger (aber nicht unsympathischer) Mensch
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 Kauz
- Kauzes genitive
- Käuze plural
- Kauze dative singular
- Käuzen dative definite plural
- Käuzchen diminutive
- Kauzen dative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Kauz?
- /kaʊ̯t͡s/
- [kaʊ̯t͡s]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Kauz in German?
Kauz appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).