Sexaffäre

German, noun

Sexaffäre is a German feminine noun meaning “a sex scandal, a public affair that involves sex, e.g. allegations of sexual misconduct” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does Sexaffäre mean in English?

noun

1
femininea sex scandal, a public affair that involves sex, e.g. allegations of sexual misconduct
Der Politiker stolperte über eine Sexaffäre, als seine wiederholten Bordellbesuche publik geworden waren.
2
femininerarea sexual affair, a fling

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Forms of Sexaffäre

Sexaffären plural

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How common is Sexaffäre in German?

Sexaffäre appears about once in every 43 million words in written German.

Sexaffäre0.0010.010.11101001,00010,000

rarerper million words of written Germanmore common

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).