Mätzchen
German, noun/ˈmɛt͡sçən/
Mätzchen is spelled M-Ä-T-Z-C-H-E-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written German, the 125,379th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mätzchen is a German neuter noun meaning “antics, shenanigans” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “alberner Unfug, kontraproduktives Verhalten”.
What does Mätzchen mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterantics, shenanigans
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. alberner Unfug, kontraproduktives Verhalten
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 Mätzchen
- Mätzchens genitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Mätzchen?
- /ˈmɛt͡sçən/
- [ˈmɛt͡sçən]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Mätzchen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Mätzchen in German?
Mätzchen appears about once in every 6 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).