Mäppchen
German, noun/ˈmɛpçən/
Mäppchen is spelled M-Ä-P-P-C-H-E-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 9 million words in written German, the 163,492nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mäppchen is a German neuter noun meaning “ellipsis of Federmäppchen: pencil case” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a diminutive of Mappe. The German Wiktionary defines it as “kleine Mappe”.
What does Mäppchen mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterdiminutive of Mappe
- 2
neuterellipsis of Federmäppchen: pencil case
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. kleine Mappe
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 Mäppchen
- Mäppchens genitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Mäppchen?
- /ˈmɛpçən/
- [ˈmɛpçən]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Mäppchen in German?
Mäppchen appears about once in every 9 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).