kotzen
German, verb/ˈkɔtsən/
kotzen is spelled K-O-T-Z-E-N (6 letters) and appears 10 times per million words in written German, the 6,780th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Kotzen is a German verb meaning “to vomit; to puke” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “den Mageninhalt über den Mund entleeren”.
What does kotzen mean in English?
verb
- 1
colloquialinformalto vomit; to puke
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. den Mageninhalt über den Mund entleeren
noun: 1. Entleerung des Mageninhalts über den Mund
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 kotzen
- kotzt present singular third-person
- kotzte past
- gekotzt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- kotzend participle present
- kotze first-person indicative present
- kotzest second-person singular subjunctive
- kotzet plural second-person subjunctive
- kotzten first-person indicative plural
- kotztest indicative preterite second-person
- kotztet indicative plural preterite
- kotz imperative second-person singular
- habe gekotzt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben gekotzt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- kotze! imperative singular
- kotzt! imperative plural
- gekotzt haben active infinitive perfect
- gekotzt werden processual-passive infinitive present
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce kotzen?
- /ˈkɔtsən/
- [ˈkɔtsən]
- [ˈkɔtsn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to kotzen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is kotzen in German?
kotzen appears 10 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).