Meise
German, noun/ˈmaɪ̯zə/
Meise is spelled M-E-I-S-E (5 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 55,211th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Meise is a German feminine noun meaning “tit, chickadee (small passerine bird of the genus Parus or the family Paridae)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “die Vogelfamilie der Paridae (deutsch: Meisen)”.
What does Meise mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininetit, chickadee (small passerine bird of the genus Parus or the family Paridae)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. die Vogelfamilie der Paridae (deutsch: Meisen) 2. ein Vertreter der Meisen; ein kleiner, im Sommer insektenfressender, im Winter körnerfressender Singvogel 3. Ausdruck in Redewendungen in Verbindung mit haben für „spinnen“, leichte Verrücktheit
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 Meise
- Meisen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Meise?
- Germany /ˈmaɪ̯zə/
- Austria /ˈmaɛ̯sɛ/
- [ˈmaɪ̯zə]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Meise
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Meise in German?
Meise appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).