Matrose
German, noun/maˈtʁoːzə/
Matrose is spelled M-A-T-R-O-S-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 45,845th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Matrose is a German masculine noun meaning “seaman; sailor (of low rank) (male or of unspecified gender)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Angehöriger der Marine; niedrigster Dienstgrad”.
What does Matrose mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineseaman; sailor (of low rank) (male or of unspecified gender)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Angehöriger der Marine; niedrigster Dienstgrad 2. Angehöriger einer zivilen Schiffsbesatzung; in der BRD als Ausbildungsberuf bis 1983
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 Matrose
- Matrosen genitive
- Matrosin feminine
- Matr abbreviation
- S abbreviation
- OR-1 abbreviation
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Matrose?
- /maˈtʁoːzə/
- [maˈtʁoːzə]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Matrose
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Matrose in German?
Matrose appears about once in every 1 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).