Simse
German, noun
Simse is spelled S-I-M-S-E (5 letters) and appears about once in every 11 million words in written German, the 182,294th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Simse is a German feminine noun meaning “bulrush, any of several herbs of the genus Scirpus” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). In lower case, simse is a different word: “first-person singular present”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “ein Riedgras, eine grasartige Pflanze der Gattung Scirpus”.
What does Simse mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininebulrush, any of several herbs of the genus Scirpus
noun
- 1
colloquialfeminineSMS, text message
verb
- 1
first-person singular present
- 2
first/third-person singular subjunctive I
- 3
singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ein Riedgras, eine grasartige Pflanze der Gattung Scirpus 2. Binse
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 Simse
- Simsen plural
- Semse alternative
- Semde alternative obsolete
- Sende alternative obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Simse
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Simse in German?
Simse appears about once in every 11 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).