Lustknabe
German, noun/ˈlʊstˌknaːbə/
Lustknabe is spelled L-U-S-T-K-N-A-B-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 11 million words in written German, the 179,801st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Lustknabe is a German masculine noun meaning “catamite” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Jugendlicher, der eine sexuelle Beziehung mit einem (meist homosexuellen) Mann hat”.
What does Lustknabe mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecatamite
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Jugendlicher, der eine sexuelle Beziehung mit einem (meist homosexuellen) Mann hat
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 Lustknabe
- Lustknaben genitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Lustknabe?
- /ˈlʊstˌknaːbə/
- [ˈlʊstˌknaːbə]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Lustknabe
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Lustknabe in German?
Lustknabe appears about once in every 11 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).