ranzen
German, verb
ranzen is spelled R-A-N-Z-E-N (6 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 54,418th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ranzen is a German verb meaning “to be in heat, to copulate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Ranzen is a different word: “satchel”.
What does ranzen mean in English?
verb
- 1
obsoleteto romp, to frolic (to move about energetically, to jump around)
- 2
to be in heat, to copulate
verb
- 1
colloquialto bark, to speak aggressively to; to push around
noun
- 1
masculinesatchel
- 2
colloquialmasculinebelly, potbelly
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. sackartiges Behältnis für Transport, vergleichbar einem Rucksack 2. auf dem Rücken getragene Schultasche für jüngere Schüler 3. eher voluminöser Bauch bei Lebewesen 4. ein zu einer Tracht gehörender, bestickter Gürtel
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 ranzen
- Ranzens genitive
- Ränzchen diminutive neuter
- Ränzlein diminutive neuter
- ranzt present singular third-person
- ranzte past
- geranzt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- ranzend participle present
- ranze first-person indicative present
- ranzest second-person singular subjunctive
- ranzet plural second-person subjunctive
- ranzten first-person indicative plural
- ranztest indicative preterite second-person
- ranztet indicative plural preterite
- ranz imperative second-person singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to ranzen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ranzen in German?
ranzen appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).