Nottaufe
German, noun/ˈnoːtˌtaʊ̯fə/
Nottaufe is spelled N-O-T-T-A-U-F-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 28 million words in written German, the 309,493rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Nottaufe is a German feminine noun meaning “emergency baptism” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “das Spenden des Sakraments der Taufe durch einen Laien kurz vor dem Tod einer ungetauften Person”.
What does Nottaufe mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineemergency baptism
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. das Spenden des Sakraments der Taufe durch einen Laien kurz vor dem Tod einer ungetauften Person
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 Nottaufe
- Nottaufen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Nottaufe?
- /ˈnoːtˌtaʊ̯fə/
- [ˈnoːtˌtaʊ̯fə]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Nottaufe in German?
Nottaufe appears about once in every 28 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).