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Mönch

German, noun/mœnç/

Mönch is spelled M-Ö-N-C-H (5 letters) and appears 5.4 times per million words in written German, the 11,619th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mönch is a German masculine noun meaning “monk” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Einsiedler oder Mitglied eines geistlichen Männerordens”.

What does Mönch mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinemonk

  2. 2

    masculineblackcap

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

How German dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Einsiedler oder Mitglied eines geistlichen Männerordens 2. obenliegender Ziegel einer Mönch-und-Nonne-Dachdeckung 3. Vorrichtung zum Regulieren des Wasserstandes 4. die Mönchsgrasmücke, ein Singvogel

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 Mönch

  • Mönches genitive
  • Mönchs genitive
  • Mönche plural
  • Mönchlein diminutive neuter
  • Mönchen dative definite plural
  • Nonne feminine
  • Schwester feminine
  • Moniale feminine

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

How do you pronounce Mönch?

  • /mœnç/
  • [mœnç]

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

English words that translate to Mönch

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is Mönch in German?

Mönch appears 5.4 times per 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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