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Milchgesicht

German, noun/ˈmɪlçɡəˌzɪçt/

Milchgesicht is spelled M-I-L-C-H-G-E-S-I-C-H-T (12 letters) and appears about once in every 19 million words in written German, the 244,602nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Milchgesicht is a German neuter noun meaning “milksop, greenhorn (weak, immature youth)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Gesicht mit weichen Zügen, jugendlich/kindlich wirkendes Gesicht”.

What does Milchgesicht mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    colloquialderogatoryneutermilksop, greenhorn (weak, immature youth)

  2. 2

    neuterbaby face (youthful face)

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Gesicht mit weichen Zügen, jugendlich/kindlich wirkendes Gesicht 2. Person mit einem jugendlich/kindlich wirkenden Gesicht

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 Milchgesicht

  • Milchgesichtes genitive
  • Milchgesichts genitive
  • Milchgesichter plural
  • Milchgesichte dative singular
  • Milchgesichtern dative definite plural

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce Milchgesicht?

  • /ˈmɪlçɡəˌzɪçt/
  • [ˈmɪlçɡəˌzɪçt]

Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is Milchgesicht in German?

Milchgesicht appears about once in every 19 million words in written German.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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