Ortschaft
German, noun/ˈɔʁtʃaft/
Ortschaft is spelled O-R-T-S-C-H-A-F-T (9 letters) and appears 5.0 times per million words in written German, the 12,256th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ortschaft is a German feminine noun meaning “village, small town” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “zusammenhängendes Siedlungsgebiet”.
What does Ortschaft mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininevillage, small town
- 2
feminineplace
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. zusammenhängendes Siedlungsgebiet 2. Teil einer Gemeinde
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 Ortschaft
- Ortschaften plural
- Osch. abbreviation
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Ortschaft?
- /ˈɔʁtʃaft/
- [ˈɔʁtʃaft]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Ortschaft in German?
Ortschaft appears 5.0 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).