Löffelchen
German, noun/ˈlœfəlçən/
Löffelchen is spelled L-Ö-F-F-E-L-C-H-E-N (10 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written German, the 110,302nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Löffelchen is a German neuter noun meaning “short for Löffelchenstellung (“spooning, spoon position, kind of sleeping [or sex] position”)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a diminutive of Löffel: small spoon. The German Wiktionary defines it as “kleiner Löffel”.
What does Löffelchen mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterdiminutive of Löffel: small spoon
- 2
neutershort for Löffelchenstellung (“spooning, spoon position, kind of sleeping [or sex] position”)
- 3
neuterone of the two partners in this position, specified as das große Löffelchen (behind) and das kleine Löffelchen (in front)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. kleiner Löffel
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 Löffelchen
- Löffelchens genitive
- Löffelein alternative
- Löfflein alternative
- Löfferl alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Löffelchen?
- /ˈlœfəlçən/
- [ˈlœfl̩çən]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Löffelchen in German?
Löffelchen 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).