rotwelsch
German, adjective/ˈʁoːtvɛlʃ/
rotwelsch is spelled R-O-T-W-E-L-S-C-H (9 letters) and appears about once in every 13 million words in written German, the 200,239th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Rotwelsch is a German adjective meaning “Rotwelsch” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “auf die Landfahrersprache, das Rotwelsche bezogen, gaunersprachlich”.
What does rotwelsch mean in English?
adjective
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Rotwelsch
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. auf die Landfahrersprache, das Rotwelsche bezogen, gaunersprachlich
noun: 1. die Gaunersprache; spezielle Sprache, die sich unter fahrenden Leuten, Bettlern, Gaunern und Handeltreibenden durch Wortneubildungen und Entlehnungen von Wörtern aus dem Hebräischen, dem Jiddischen, den romanischen Sprachen etc. herausgebildet hat.
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 rotwelsch
- rotwelscher masculine nominative singular
- rotwelsche feminine nominative singular
- rotwelsches neuter nominative singular
- rotwelschen genitive masculine singular
- rotwelschem dative masculine singular
- der rotwelsche definite includes-article masculine
- die rotwelsche definite feminine includes-article
- das rotwelsche definite includes-article neuter
- die rotwelschen definite includes-article nominative
- des rotwelschen definite genitive includes-article
- der rotwelschen definite feminine genitive
- dem rotwelschen dative definite includes-article
- den rotwelschen dative definite includes-article
- rotw. abbreviation
- (das) Rotwelsch nominative singular
- das Rotwelsche nominative singular
- (des) Rotwelsch genitive singular
- (des) Rotwelschs genitive singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce rotwelsch?
- /ˈʁoːtvɛlʃ/
- [ˈʁoːtvɛlʃ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to rotwelsch
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is rotwelsch in German?
rotwelsch appears about once in every 13 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).