potz
German, interjection/pɔt͡s/
potz is spelled P-O-T-Z (4 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written German, the 115,169th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Potz is a German interjection meaning “gosh” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Ausdruck großer Überraschung”.
What does potz mean in English?
interjection
- 1
gosh
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
interjection: 1. Ausdruck großer Überraschung
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 potz?
- /pɔt͡s/
- [pɔt͡s]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is potz in German?
potz appears about once in every 5 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).