Kurschatten
German, noun/ˈkuːrˌʃatən/
Kurschatten is spelled K-U-R-S-C-H-A-T-T-E-N (11 letters) and appears about once in every 14 million words in written German, the 211,221st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Kurschatten is a German masculine noun meaning “an acquaintance or (most often) erotic affair that one meets during a stay at a health resort or other medical facility” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Person, mit der man für die Dauer einer Kur eine engere Beziehung oder auch einen erotischen Kontakt pflegt”.
What does Kurschatten mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinean acquaintance or (most often) erotic affair that one meets during a stay at a health resort or other medical facility
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Person, mit der man für die Dauer einer Kur eine engere Beziehung oder auch einen erotischen Kontakt pflegt
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 Kurschatten
- Kurschattens genitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Kurschatten?
- /ˈkuːrˌʃatən/
- [ˈku(ː)ɐ̯ˌʃa.tn̩]
- [ˈkuːɐ̯ˌʃatn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Kurschatten in German?
Kurschatten appears about once in every 14 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).