Marotte
German, noun[maˈʁɔtə]
Marotte is spelled M-A-R-O-T-T-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written German, the 94,067th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Marotte is a German feminine noun meaning “quirk, idiosyncrasy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “notorische Angewohnheit einer Person, die für Mitmenschen unverständlich ist”.
What does Marotte mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininequirk, idiosyncrasy
- 2
femininemarotte (prop stick or sceptre with a carved head on it)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. notorische Angewohnheit einer Person, die für Mitmenschen unverständlich ist
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 Marotte
- Marotten plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Marotte?
- [maˈʁɔtə]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Marotte
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Marotte in German?
Marotte appears about once in every 4 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).