Onanie
German, noun[ʔonaˈniː]
Onanie is spelled O-N-A-N-I-E (6 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written German, the 129,075th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Onanie is a German feminine noun meaning “masturbation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “meist manuelle Stimulation der eigenen Geschlechtsorgane für sexuellen Lustgewinn”.
What does Onanie mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemasturbation
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. meist manuelle Stimulation der eigenen Geschlechtsorgane für sexuellen Lustgewinn
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce Onanie?
- [ʔonaˈniː]
- [ˌonaˈniː]
- [ˌɔnaˈniː]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Onanie
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Onanie in German?
Onanie 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).