matschen
German, verb[ˈmat͡ʃn̩]
matschen is spelled M-A-T-S-C-H-E-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 26 million words in written German, the 297,534th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Matschen is a German verb meaning “to splash or wallow in mud” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “in einer breiigen/matschigen Masse wühlen, im Matsch spielen”.
What does matschen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to splash or wallow in mud
- 2
to splash, to trudge, to crawl (to noisily move through mud or similar wet terrain)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. in einer breiigen/matschigen Masse wühlen, im Matsch spielen 2. etwas zu einer breiigen Masse zerdrücken
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 matschen
- matscht present singular third-person
- matschte past
- gematscht participle past
- haben auxiliary
- matschend participle present
- matsche first-person indicative present
- matschst indicative present second-person
- matschest second-person singular subjunctive
- matschet plural second-person subjunctive
- matschten first-person indicative plural
- matschtest indicative preterite second-person
- matschtet indicative plural preterite
- matsch imperative second-person singular
- habe gematscht first-person indicative multiword-construction
- matsch! imperative singular
- matsche! imperative singular
- matscht! imperative plural
- gematscht haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce matschen?
- [ˈmat͡ʃn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to matschen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is matschen in German?
matschen appears about once in every 26 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).