Schürzenjäger
German, noun/ˈʃʏrt͡sənjɛːɡər/
Schürzenjäger is spelled S-C-H-Ü-R-Z-E-N-J-Ä-G-E-R (13 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 82,595th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schürzenjäger is a German masculine noun meaning “skirt chaser, womanizer, philanderer (habitual seducer of women)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Mann, der beständig Frauen umwirbt und diese zu erotisch-sexuellen Abenteuern mit sich zu bewegen trachtet”.
What does Schürzenjäger mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineskirt chaser, womanizer, philanderer (habitual seducer of women)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Mann, der beständig Frauen umwirbt und diese zu erotisch-sexuellen Abenteuern mit sich zu bewegen trachtet
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 Schürzenjäger
- Schürzenjägers genitive
- Schürzenjägern dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Schürzenjäger?
- /ˈʃʏrt͡sənjɛːɡər/
- [ˈʃʏʁt͡sn̩jɛːɡɐ]
- /-jeːɡər/
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Schürzenjäger
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Schürzenjäger in German?
Schürzenjäger appears about once in every 3 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).