Macke
German, noun/ˈmakə/
Macke is spelled M-A-C-K-E (5 letters) and appears 1.2 times per million words in written German, the 34,034th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Macke is a German feminine noun meaning “quirk (odd behaviour of someone)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “sonderbare Eigenart”.
What does Macke mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininequirk (odd behaviour of someone)
- 2
femininedefect, flaw
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. sonderbare Eigenart 2. etwas Defektes, Schadhaftes; etwas, das die Brauchbarkeit beeinträchtigt
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 Macke
- Macken plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Macke?
- /ˈmakə/
- [ˈmakə]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Macke
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Macke in German?
Macke appears 1.2 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).