mädchenhaft
German, adjective/ˈmɛːtçənhaft/
mädchenhaft is spelled M-Ä-D-C-H-E-N-H-A-F-T (11 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 85,035th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mädchenhaft is a German adjective meaning “girlish, maidenly” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “wie ein Mädchen, in der Art eines Mädchens”.
What does mädchenhaft mean in English?
adjective
- 1
girlish, maidenly
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. wie ein Mädchen, in der Art eines Mädchens
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 mädchenhaft
- mädchenhafter masculine nominative singular
- am mädchenhaftesten superlative
- mädchenhafte feminine nominative singular
- mädchenhaftes neuter nominative singular
- mädchenhaften genitive masculine singular
- mädchenhaftem dative masculine singular
- der mädchenhafte definite includes-article masculine
- die mädchenhafte definite feminine includes-article
- das mädchenhafte definite includes-article neuter
- die mädchenhaften definite includes-article nominative
- des mädchenhaften definite genitive includes-article
- der mädchenhaften definite feminine genitive
- dem mädchenhaften dative definite includes-article
- jungenhaft masculine
- knabenhaft masculine
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce mädchenhaft?
- /ˈmɛːtçənhaft/
- /ˈmeːt-/
- [ˈmɛːtçənhaft]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to mädchenhaft
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is mädchenhaft in German?
mädchenhaft appears about once in every 3 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).