Putze
German, noun
Putze is spelled P-U-T-Z-E (5 letters) and appears 1.4 times per million words in written German, the 31,493rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Putze is a German feminine noun meaning “charwoman, housekeeper” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a nominative/accusative/genitive plural of Putz. In lower case, putze is a different word: “first-person singular present”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “Putzfrau”.
What does Putze mean in English?
noun
- 1
colloquialderogatoryfemininecharwoman, housekeeper
noun
- 1
nominative/accusative/genitive plural of Putz
- 2
archaicdative singular of Putz
verb
- 1
first-person singular present
- 2
first/third-person singular subjunctive I
- 3
singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Putzfrau 2. Druckwesen: „verschmutzte Punze“
noun: 1. ein Schiffseimer für Wasser oder Teer
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 Putze
- Putzen plural
- Pützen nominative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is Putze in German?
Putze appears 1.4 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).