Kindermädchen
German, noun/ˈkɪndɐmɛːtçən/
Kindermädchen is spelled K-I-N-D-E-R-M-Ä-D-C-H-E-N (13 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 42,412th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Kindermädchen is a German neuter noun meaning “nanny (female) (cf. männliches Kindermädchen (“male nanny or manny”))” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “(jüngere) Frau, die als Angestellte im Haushalt einer Familie die Kinder betreut”.
What does Kindermädchen mean in English?
noun
- 1
datedneuternanny (female) (cf. männliches Kindermädchen (“male nanny or manny”))
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. (jüngere) Frau, die als Angestellte im Haushalt einer Familie die Kinder betreut
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 Kindermädchen
- Kindermädchens genitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Kindermädchen?
- /ˈkɪndɐmɛːtçən/
- /-meːtçən/
- [ˈkɪndɐˌmɛːtçən]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Kindermädchen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Kindermädchen in German?
Kindermädchen appears about once in every 1 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).