Quatsch
German, noun/kvatʃ/
Quatsch is spelled Q-U-A-T-S-C-H (7 letters) and appears 21 times per million words in written German, the 3,812th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Quatsch is a German masculine noun meaning “nonsense” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “unkluge, ungereimte Aussage oder Aussagen”.
What does Quatsch mean in English?
noun
- 1
informalmasculinenonsense
Was für ein Quatsch ist das?
- 2
informalmasculinejoking, kidding, fun
Ich mach doch nur Quatsch.
- 3
masculinechat
Ein kleiner Quatsch in der Mittagspause ist doch immer schön.
interjection
- 1
used to acknowledge that the speaker has just misspoken and to introduce the correction
Zu Hause habe ich eine Katze, Quatsch, zwei Katzen.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. unkluge, ungereimte Aussage oder Aussagen 2. Torheit; falsche, unüberlegte, unkluge Handlung 3. Alberei; kindisches Benehmen 4. etwas Unsinniges
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 Quatsch
- Quatsches genitive
- Quatschs genitive
- Quätschchen diminutive neuter
- Quatsche dative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Quatsch?
- /kvatʃ/
- [kvat͡ʃ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Quatsch
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Quatsch in German?
Quatsch appears 21 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).