Knilch
German, noun/knɪlç/
Knilch is spelled K-N-I-L-C-H (6 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written German, the 116,815th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Knilch is a German masculine noun meaning “an unpleasant or mean-spirited man” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “unangenehmer Mann”.
What does Knilch mean in English?
noun
- 1
datedmasculinean unpleasant or mean-spirited man
- 2
masculinea flippant word for a male person, vaguely negative, but not associated with any particular qualities
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. unangenehmer Mann
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 Knilch
- Knilches genitive
- Knilchs genitive
- Knilche plural
- Knilchen dative definite plural
- Knülch alternative archaic
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Knilch?
- /knɪlç/
- [knɪlç]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Knilch
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Knilch in German?
Knilch appears about once in every 5 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).