Ketzer
German, noun/ˈkɛtsəʁ/
Ketzer is spelled K-E-T-Z-E-R (6 letters) and appears 1.5 times per million words in written German, the 29,978th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ketzer is a German masculine noun meaning “heretic (male or of unspecified gender)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “jemand, der kirchliche Dogmen und Glaubenslehren ablehnt und/oder öffentlich kritisiert”.
What does Ketzer mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineheretic (male or of unspecified gender)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. jemand, der kirchliche Dogmen und Glaubenslehren ablehnt und/oder öffentlich kritisiert 2. jemand, der öffentlich eine Ansicht zu einem bestimmten Thema vertritt, die der überwiegenden Meinung widerspricht 3. Fälscher 4. frevelhafter, sittenloser, lüsterner 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 Ketzer
- Ketzers genitive
- Ketzerin feminine
- Ketzern dative definite plural
- Kätzer alternative archaic
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Ketzer?
- /ˈkɛtsəʁ/
- [ˈkɛ.t͡sɐ]
- [ˈkɛt͡sɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Ketzer
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Ketzer in German?
Ketzer appears 1.5 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).